MATLAB Programming/An alternative to MATLAB: Octave

What is Octave ?

A short presentation of Octave and its history.

Differences Octave / MATLAB

The most important differences between Octave and MATLAB that anyone willing to use Octave instead of MATLAB should be aware of.

Note for editors

A quick template can be used for octave differences, defined in Template:MATLAB/Octave. you can insert this template into the book by typing:

{{MATLAB/Octave| < reason > }}

Where "< reason >" will be an optional explanation that you can add for clarity.