From: junk5@...
Date: 2006-02-03T01:13:18+09:00
Subject: Re: neuroimage software - scientific computing and visualization

Hi Darren

> But, I do not
> enjoy the inconvenience of running a licence manager and having my work
> come to a halt when my license expires every year.  (Yes, some IT
> departments do not automatically update the licenses on every system,
> including my laptop).  I also fear that sometime I may not have a
> matlab license and my work will be locked, despite my best attempts to
> create open-source tools.  Most annoying is that I do not know how to
> or cannot create multi-threaded functions and I can't call matlab
> functions in shell scripts (matlab doesn't have a shebang for
> scripting).

All valid points, except that you can call matlab functions on the UNIX
(and Windows?) command line (though probably not with a shebang, but I
don't see that as essential).

> For a start, I've noticed these useful sites:
> http://narray.rubyforge.org/index.html.en
> http://rb-gsl.rubyforge.org/
> http://sciruby.codeforpeople.com/sr.cgi/FrontPage

Thanks for the pointers.

Chris