[scilab-Users] Scilab 6 syntax?

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Hello,

Hopefully, we will be able to release a first (pre?)alpha version of
Scilab 6 in the next few months.

Sylvestre


Le samedi 18 juin 2011 à 18:22 -0400, Process Control a écrit :
> thanks Sylvestre
> 
> So, when is the expected releaste of scilab 6?
> 
> regards
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Sylvestre Ledru
> <sylvestre.ledru at scilab.org> wrote:
>         Hello,
>         Le samedi 18 juin 2011 à 05:23 -0400, Process Control a
>         écrit :
>         
>         > Hi,
>         >
>         > What is the scilab 6 syntax going to be like?
>         >
>         > What I understand is that the scilab 6 is going to bring a
>         significant
>         > improvement in performance. How is it going to compare to
>         MATLAB and
>         > R?
>         
>         We are trying to introduce minimal changes to avoid
>         incompatibilities.
>         We are improving the Scilab language by removing some bad
>         corner cases
>         and also by adding stuff like cell and some other nice
>         features.
>         
>         Also, some types, which are currently based on other through
>         macros, are
>         going to be native (and therefor much more faster). This
>         increases
>         strongly the performances.
>         
>         All changes will be fully documented with the first testing
>         release of
>         Scilab 6.
>         
>         Sylvestre
>         
>         
>         
>         
>