On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, V K wrote: > Nobody's mentioned octave yet. Both octave and scilab are similar to > matlab, just not 100% compatible. Mathematica seemed a lot more > symbolic, so I doubt either of those is a substitute for mathematica. > However if they do what you need to do you're set (and about 2k better > off). SuSE 8.0 contains both scilab and octave.
Yes. With respect to Scilab, make sure to use the ATLAS lib (compiled specifically for "your" machine) and the ATLAS patch for Scilab. It can boost performance by up to 8 times! Cheers, -- Ryurick M. Hristev mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Systems Manager University of Canterbury, Physics & Astronomy Dept., New Zealand
