Hmmmmm.. Steven Wolfram developed Mathematica. I was talking about Matlab, which was originally developed by Cleve Moler. Octave is an open-source derivative of Matlab. So I'm not sure I see the connection there.
Matlab and Octave seem focused on numerical methods, linear algebra, etc. Mathematica seems more focused on symbolic equation-solving processes. However, both languages seem to have adopted APL's idea of implicit array-handling, though the detailed syntax is different in each case. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > A web search for > > Stephen "Wolfram" Kenneth "Iverson" > > gives some additional insight into these ties. > > -- Skip Cave Cave Consulting LLC ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
