[scilab-Users] diff between 4.12 and 5

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Hello,

> Hi,
> 
> Size of the version 5.0 is several times larger than version 4.1? 
> Is there really  a difference between versions 5.0 and 4.1? 
> Differences in  user  programs, documentations or graphical
> interfaces? 
Here is the list of the changes between the family 4.X & 5.0.
http://viewvc.scilab.org/bin/cgi/viewvc.cgi/*checkout*/trunk/scilab/CHANGES?revision=HEAD
You will see that the list of changes is quite important.

Otherwise, yes, the size of the binary is more important. The main
reason is that we are shipping the Java Virtual Machine to facilitate
the use of Scilab.

Regards,
Sylvestre