From: ara.t.howard@...
Date: 2006-02-03T01:20:39+09:00
Subject: Re: neuroimage software - scientific computing and visualization

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 junk5@microserf.org.uk wrote:

> 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

i do a lot with narray, mmap, and gsl.  let me know if you have questions.

what are your current projects?  if you don't mind me asking...

cheers.

-a

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