About Octave application

[aworld]

Dear all

I just know that there is a "Octave" (like matlab) working free under linux.

I want to build some application in real-time, is Octave good for real-time application?

Or, I can ask it in this way, does it support hardware interfacing with other devices? Like a webcam, or establish communication to other hardware via bus, like "IIC", "serial" or "CAN"?

Thanks:)

[ankith13]

Hi
As far as I know there is no much difference between Octave and Matlab. The former is equally good in computing real-time algorithms and interfacing with external interfaces...

Just have a look at these links...
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MATLAB_Programming/Differences_between_Octave_and_MATLAB
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Octave_Programming_Tutorial

Let me know if you have any specific problems....

Happy Programming....:D