tool: Octave

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Language:	Octave language (math manipulation - similar to MATLAB)
Version:	3.3.51
Parts:	interpreter, libraries, documentation
Author:	John W. Eaton
Location:	http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/
Description:	GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible with Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented language.
Bugs:	http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=octave
Restriction:	GNU General Public License
Requires:	A recent version of GNU Make. You will also need GCC 3.3 or later, although GCC 4.1 or later is recommended.
Ports:	Linux, Digital Unix, HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, OS/2, and Windows NT/95/98
Updated:	March 2010

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