Octave
A high-level {interactive} language by John
W. Eaton, with help from many others, like {MATLAB}, primarily
intended for numerical computations. Octave provides a
convenient {command line interface} for solving linear and
nonlinear problems numerically.
Octave can do arithmetic for {real} and {complex} {scalars}
and {matrices}, solve sets of nonlinear algebraic equations,
integrate functions over finite and infinite intervals, and
integrate systems of ordinary differential and
differential-algebraic equations.
Octave has been compiled and tested with {g::} and libg:: on a
{SPARCstation 2} running {SunOS} 4.1.2, an {IBM} {RS/6000}
running {AIX} 3.2.5, {DEC Alpha} systems running {OSF}/1 1.3
and 3.0, a {DECstation 5000}/240 running {Ultrix} 4.2a, and
{Intel 486} systems running {Linux}. It should work on most
other {Unix} systems with {g::} and libg::.
Octave is distributed under the {GNU} {General Public
License}. It requires {gnuplot}, a {C::} compiler and
{Fortran} compiler or {f2c} translator.
Latest version: 2.0.16 (released 2000-01-30), as of 2000-06-26.
{home (http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave)}.
{(ftp://ftp.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave/)} or your nearest {GNU
archive site}.
E-mail: .
(2000-06-27)