George Kraft IV Issue #51, July 1998 The Graphical Desktop Korn Shell (DtKsh) is a featured part of the Common Desktop Environment (CDE). DtKsh provides a consistent and reliable graphical Motif shell language that is supported on all CDE-compliant systems. Portability and pervasiveness are two important characteristics to consider when you are developing code. Using a programming language with a ...
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Octave: A Free, High-Level Language for Mathematics
Malcolm Murphy Issue #39, July 1997 A quick look at a language designed to manipulate matrices and provide other numerical functions. For numerical computing, high level languages offer advantages over more traditional languages, such as FORTRAN or C. Built-in graphics capabilities, automatic variable typing and flexible data structures combine to provide an environment in which it is easy to develop ...
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