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[project @ 2007-12-22 01:42:45 by jwe]
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1 An obsolete version of Octave (2.1.73) is part of the normal net
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2 distribution of Cygwin, available from http://www.cygwin.com. Check
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3 the package list in Cygwin's setup.exe installer if you would like to
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4 try using it. However, 2.1.73 is unsupported and we STRONGLY
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5 recommended that you use a more recent version of Octave.
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7 It should be possible to build Octave on Windows systems with Cygwin,
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8 but at the time of this writing, there are some performance problems
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9 related to the way C++ exception handling is implemented with the
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10 default Cygwin compiler. This is a known problem with a long history.
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11 If you would like to see this problem corrected, please search the
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12 Cygwin mailing lists for threads related to "sjlj exception handling"
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13 (or similar).
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16 John W. Eaton
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17 jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu
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18 University of Wisconsin-Madison
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19 Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
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21 Last updated: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:21:43 EDT