From bug-octave-request at che dot utexas dot edu  Fri Jul  1 15:25:46 1994
Subject: Not exactly a bug
From: jingli at ssdt-bluestein dot sps dot mot dot com (Jing Li)
To: bug-octave at che dot utexas dot edu
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 94 15:26:11 CDT

Hi,

I am a numerical analyst working at Motorola Austin.  I learnt that Octave
uses both LAPACK and LINPACK for its linear algebra part and have the question
why.  LAPACK contains both LINPACK and EISPACK, should its functionalities 
conver all those in Octave?  I also noticed that the similarities between
matlab and Octave both in their language and in their functionalities.  How
do they differer other than one is "free"?

Looking forward to hearing from you,

-Jing