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layout: post
title:  "GNU Octave 4.0.0 Released"
date:   2015-05-29
categories: news release
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Octave version 4.0.0 has been released and is now available for [download][1].
Some of the many new features of this major release are:

- including a graphical user interface,
- support for classdef object-oriented programming,
- better compatibility with Matlab, and
- many new and improved functions.

An official [Windows binary installer][2] is available.

A list of important user-visible changes is available by selecting the
[Release Notes][3] item in the News menu of the GUI or by typing `news`
at the Octave command prompt.

Thanks to the many people who contributed to this release!

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[2]: https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/windows/octave-4.0.0_0-installer.exe
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