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Fwd: Re: Matlab references in docs; distinguishing between ML and Octave


From: Richard Crozier
Subject: Fwd: Re: Matlab references in docs; distinguishing between ML and Octave
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:42:18 +0000
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-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Matlab references in docs; distinguishing between ML and Octave
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:40:06 +0000
From: Richard Crozier <address@hidden>
To: Philip Nienhuis <address@hidden>


> ??
> Maybe not perpetually the same, but IMO amending "computer()" to e.g., 
> return "win32" rather than "mingw32-i686" on Windows platforms, 
> doesn't look like a Herculian task to me (but OK my C++ proficiency is 
> lacking).
>
> Or is there too much code out there relying on the current behavior of 
> this function?
>
>> but it's a quirk, not a design feature, that this function is
>> different from Matlab.
>
> Would you like me to enter a bug report for this?
>
>

I already filed a bug report on this (#37755) but was advised that it 
was not really a bug.

Richard


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