http://weblogs.asp.net/gbarnett/archive/tags/Scilab/default.aspxTags: ScilabenCommunityServer 2007 SP1 (Build: 20510.895)http://weblogs.asp.net/gbarnett/archive/2008/02/24/a-free-replacement-for-matlab.aspxSun, 24 Feb 2008 18:36:31 GMTc06e2b9d-981a-45b4-a55f-ab0d8bbfdc1c:5854594gbarnett0http://weblogs.asp.net/gbarnett/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=5854594http://weblogs.asp.net/gbarnett/archive/2008/02/24/a-free-replacement-for-matlab.aspx#comments<p>I've recently been playing with a few scientific tools to find a free replacement for MATLAB, a tool which I think prays too much on the fact that its in a lot of academic facilities throughout the world, I have an issue with the student version...but I won't go into that now.</p> <p>At the moment I am finding it hard to choose my replacement, on one hand you have <a href="http://www.scilab.org/">Scilab</a> which is really fast, and on the other you have <a href="http://octave.sourceforge.net/">Octave</a> which has an amazingly active community. At present I am dodging in and out of each on my machine but I am heading more towards the Octave camp than the Scilab camp purely for the community. </p> <p>If you are in a similar position as me then go check them out and if you find anything particularly great about either let me know!</p><img src="http://weblogs.asp.net/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5854594" width="1" height="1">OctaveScilab