Re: The fabled "Matlab compatibility"

[c.]

On 8 Nov 2012, at 23:08, address@hidden wrote:

> What are some advantages of Octave over Matlab? I do have a small personal
> list, but I wonder if you can add to it:
> 
> 1)  Operators:  ++ , -- , += , -= , *= , /=
> 
> 2)  Using # for comments is nice IMO.
> 
> 3)  I like it as a console application (e.g. starts faster, clutters my
> screen less, etc).
> 
> 4) I do think it's important that it is Free Software.

Personally I'd also add:

5) A very simple C++ API that allows to embed the Octave interpreter in your 
own stand-alone application
(That's obviusly a "corollary" of being Free)

6) Broadcasting allows to write very clean code doing complex stuff with N-d 
arrays

> Does that more or less cover it, or did I miss something important?
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel.
c.