octave: Octave (A high-level language for numerical computations) octave: octave: GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical octave: computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for octave: solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing octave: other numerical experiments using a language that is mostly octave: compatible with Matlab. It may also be used as a batch-oriented octave: language. octave: Octave was written by John W. Eaton and many others. octave: NOTE: This build lacks some sparse functionality. octave: Packaged by Georgi D. Sotirov