GNU Octave facts for kids
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GNU Octave 4.3.0+ running on Linux
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| Developer(s) | John W. Eaton and many others |
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| Initial release | 1988 |
| Stable release |
5.2.0 / 3 February 2020
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| Written in | C, C++, Fortran |
| Operating system | Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD |
| Available in | Many languages including English languages |
| Type | Numerical analysis |
| License | GNU GPLv3 |
GNU Octave is an open source programming language for numerical analysis (especially numerical linear algebra). This language is mostly compatible with MATLAB.
Usage
GNU Octave was originally made for numerical analysis. But today, it is also used for the following purposes (the purposes may increase in the future):
- Interval arithmetic
- Life science
- Numerical methods for ordinary differential equations
- Numerical methods for partial differential equations
- Scientific education
- Technical simulation
Development history
| Time | Action |
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| 1988/1989 | 1st discussions (Book and Software) |
| February 1992 | Begin of Development |
| January 1993 | News in Web (Version 0.60) |
| February 1994 | 1st Publication (Version 1.0.0 to 1.1.1) |
| December 1996 | 2nd Publication (Version 2.0.x) with Windows Port (Cygwin) |
| March 1998 | Version 2.1 |
| November 2004 | Version 2.9 (DEV Version of 3.0) |
| December 2007 | Publication of Version 3.0 (Milestone) |
| June 2009 | Publication of Version 3.2 (Milestone) |
| 8 February 2011 | Version 3.4.0 (Milestone) |
| 22 February 2012 | Publication of Octave 3.6.1 (Milestone) |
| 31 December 2013 | Publication of Octave 3.8.0 (experimental GUI) |
| 29 May 2015 | Version 4.0.0 (stable GUI and new Syntax for OOP) |
| 14 November 2016 | Version 4.2.0 (gnuplot 4.4+) |
| 30 April 2018 | Version 4.4.0 (new Goal for GUI QT Toolkit, FLTK deprecating in future) |
| 1 March 2019 | Publication of Octave 5.1.0 (QT5 preferred) |
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