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1 Starting with version 3.0.1, Octave is once again part of the normal
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2 net distribution of Cygwin, available from http://www.cygwin.com.
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3 The latest previous version available was 2.1.73
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5 It is possible to build Octave on Windows systems with Cygwin,
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6 but with standard gcc-3.4.4-3 compiler there are some performance
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7 problems related to the way C++ exception handling is implemented.
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8 This is a known problem with a long history so it is suggested to use
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9 version gcc-4.3.2-1 or later.
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11 Binary version 3.0.2-2 is built with gcc-4.3.2-1
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13 Current Cygwin package maintainer for Octave:
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16 http://matzeri.altervista.org
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18 There is also an "unofficial" Octave distribution for Cygwin:
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20 1. http://www.geocities.jp/tmacchant
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22 The binaries here are built using gcc-3.4.4-3 configured with
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23 --disable-sjlj-exceptions. Performance is improved by using DWARF
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24 exception handling instead of setjump/longjump exception
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25 handling. However, to build dynamically loaded .oct files that
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26 will work with this version of Octave, you must use the same
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27 specially configured version of GCC that was used to build Octave
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28 itself and not the version of GCC that is distributed with
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29 Cygwin.
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31 This binary is maintained by Tatsuro Matsuroka.
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34 John W. Eaton
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37 Tatsuro MATSUOKA
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38 tmacchant@yahoo.co.jp
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39 Department of Molecular Design and Engineering,
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40 Gradudate School of Engineering, Nagoya University.
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