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octave: GNU Octave (Matlab clone)
octave:
octave: GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical
octave: computations.  It provides a convenient command line interface for
octave: solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing
octave: other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly compatible
octave: with Matlab.  It may also be used as a batch-oriented language.
octave:
octave: Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/
octave:
octave: