annotate Announce @ 7948:af10baa63915 ss-3-1-50

3.1.50 snapshot
author John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
date Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:42:48 -0400
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1 Subject: ANNOUNCE: Octave Version 2.0.11 released
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3 Octave version 2.0.11 is now available for ftp from ftp.che.wisc.edu
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4 in the directory /pub/octave along with diffs from the previous
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5 version.
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7 -rw-r--r-- 1 jwe 3625698 Feb 24 17:06 octave-2.0.11.tar.gz
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8 -rw-r--r-- 1 jwe 40874 Feb 24 17:07 octave-2.0.10-2.0.11.patch.gz
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10 Most bugs reported since the release of version 2.0 have been fixed.
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12 This is mostly a bug-fixing release, but there is an important
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13 user-visible change:
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15 * There are two new built-in variables that control how global
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16 variables are initialized. If `initialize_global_variables' is
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17 nonzero, global variables are initialized to the value of the
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18 variable `default_global_variable_value'. The default value of
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19 `initialize_global_variables' is 0 (1 if you use --traditional)
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20 and `default_global_variable_value' is undefined (the empty matrix
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21 if you use --traditional). The default settings are compatible
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22 with versions of Octave before 2.0.10.
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25 Octave is a high-level interactive language primarily intended for
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26 numerical computations. It is mostly compatible with MATLAB.
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28 Additional information is available on the WWW at
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30 http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave/octave.html
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32 --
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33 John W. Eaton
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34 jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu
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35 University of Wisconsin-Madison
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36 Department of Chemical Engineering