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RLaB Linux Binary on Sunsite.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Fri May 19 23:46:44 1995
Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 07:57:10 -0500
From: Lars Wirzenius <wirzeniu@rose.uthscsa.edu>
To: linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi, linux-announce@vger.rutgers.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
Keywords: High Level Scientific Language
From: ians@eskimo.com (Ian Searle)
Subject: RLaB Linux Binary on Sunsite.
Organization: Eskimo North (206) For-Ever
Approved: linux-announce@news.ornl.gov (Lars Wirzenius)
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Hello all, I have uploaded rlab1.20c.linux.tar.gz and rlab1.20c.lsm to
sunsite.unc.edu. This file should appear in pub/Linux/apps/math/matrix
soon. This is a statically-linked binary for the Linux OS. I have made
an effort to make the installation as simple as possible, I would
appreciate any feedback as a means of improving the installation.
RLaB is a high-level language for scientific/engineering
applications. Although Rlab is similar to Matlab in many respects, it
is not a Matlab-clone. The arithmetic operators are an extension of
the Matlab operator set but, the language syntax is more "C-like". In
addition to the numerical (real and complex) and string arrays, Rlab
offers a fully-functional associative array, with recursive
properties, allowing users to build data structures.
For data visualization, Rlab uses the Plplot graphics library for 2
and 3 dimensional data visualization, contour plots, and histograms.
A nice Tcl/TK plot driver is included in this release.
The underlying linear-algebra subroutines are the BLAS, and
LAPACK. FFTPACK is used for the discrete Fourier transform, and RANLIB
is used to provide a comprehensive random number generation
capability.
Enjoy,
-Ian Searle
ians@eskimo.com
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Title: RLaB
Version: v1.20c
Entered-date: 05/16/95
Description: Matrix oriented, interactive programing environment.
Rlab is _not_ a clone of languages such as those used by tools
like MATLAB or matrix_X/Xmath. However, as Rlab focuses on
creating a good experimental environment (or laboratory) in which
to do matrix math, it can be called "MATLAB-like" since its
programming language possesses similar operators and concepts.
Extensive use has been made of the LAPACK, FFTPACK and RANLIB
sources available from netlib. Rlab attempts to provide
sufficient programming constructs for complex programming
tasks. Local, global, and static variable scoping, as well as
a user-defined data-structure, and in-place expression
evaluation provide an easy-to-use, yet powerful programming
environment.
Keywords: High Level Scientific Language
Author: ians@eskimo.com (Ian Searle)
Maintained-by: ians@eskimo.com (Ian Searle)
Primary-site: evans.ee.adfa.oz.au /pub/RLaB
702 kb rlab-1.19a.tar.gz
384 kb rlap-2.0.tar.gz
74 kb rblas-1.1.tar.gz
30 kb rfft-1.2.tar.gz
31 kb rnlib-1.1.tar.gz
Alternate-site: csi.jpl.nasa.gov /pub/matlab/RLaB
Original-site: evans.ee.adfa.oz.au /pub/RLaB
Platform:
Copying-policy: GNU GPL
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