Distinguishing Octave from Matlab

[David Bateman]

Ben Abbott wrote:
>
> On Feb 15, 2008, at 5:02 AM, David Bateman wrote:
>
>> Use Octave 3.0.0 and use the matlab syntax everywhere, in most cases it
>> should then just work.. If there are any other differences that prevent
>> it working then they should be reported as bugs. A function that does
>> what you want is
>>
>> function ret = isoctave ()
>>  persistent isoct
>>  if (isempty (isoct))
>>     isoct = exist('OCTAVE_VERSION') ~= 0;
>>  end
>>  ret = isoct;
>> end
>>
>> Regards
>> David
>
> Might this be added to the core functions?
>
> Ben
>
How does that help you if we can't convince mathworks to do the same?

D.

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