{"id":6865,"date":"2014-03-06T21:53:36","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T20:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/djalil.chafai.net\/blog\/?p=6865"},"modified":"2014-03-31T14:22:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T12:22:15","slug":"octave-3-8-in-debian-with-gui-and-jit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/djalil.chafai.net\/blog\/2014\/03\/06\/octave-3-8-in-debian-with-gui-and-jit\/","title":{"rendered":"Octave 3.8 in Debian with GUI and JIT"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"GNU<\/a>
GNU Octave 3.8 QT GUI in Gnome 3.8 (Debian)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Which software do you use for your numerical experiments? I am used to use\u00a0GNU Octave<\/a><\/strong> for pure numerics, even if\u00a0I play sometimes with Scilab<\/strong><\/a>, Python<\/strong><\/a>, GNU R<\/strong><\/a>, and Maxima<\/strong><\/a> for algebraics. Many people do not like Octave because it is command line oriented. Regarding these aspects, I was delighted to discover the quite exciting message below when updating my Debian<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0distribution today. At long last,\u00a0GNU Octave 3.8 comes with native QT<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0GUI<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and JIT<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0compiler. Give it a try!<\/strong><\/p>\n

octave (3.8.0~rc1-1) experimental; urgency=medium<\/em><\/p>\n

* Starting with this version, the octave package now contains an<\/em>
\n experimental graphical user interface (GUI) based on the Qt toolkit.<\/em>
\n That GUI can be started by running the `octave-gui' executable, or by<\/em>
\n giving the `--force-gui' option to the octave binary.<\/em><\/p>\n

* For those who want to keep the lower memory footprint of a pure text<\/em>
\n interface, there is the `octave-cli' executable which is not linked<\/em>
\n against Qt.<\/em><\/p>\n

* Starting with this version, Octave incorporates a just-in-time (JIT)<\/em>
\n compiler, which can offer performance improvements in some situations.<\/em>
\n Since it is still experimental, the JIT is disabled by default, but<\/em>
\n you can activate it with the `jit_enable' command.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Which software do you use for your numerical experiments? I am used to use GNU Octave for pure numerics, even if I play sometimes with Scilab,…<\/p>\n

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