[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#742503: Bug#742503: octave 3.8.1 requires java

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

On Mon, 2014-03-24 at 17:08 +0000, Leo Butler wrote:
> Matlab compatibility is an ephemera and JWE himself has written
> against it being a goal that drives Octave development.

He never wrote against it. He just said that in the beginning it
wasn't a goal. Being compatible with Matlab is now Octave's sole goal.
Whenever we can be less stupid, we are, but that doesn't happen
frequently. We have to do most of the stupid things that Matlab does.

It is impossible to maintain that compatibility anymore without Java.

> Finally, I really dislike java for a whole bunch of reasons, but
> mainly because of its bloat, lack of usefulness and slowness.

You may soon dislike Octave, then, because you are describing Matlab,
and Octave seeks to emulate it. Have you tried Julia, R, or Scipy?

- Jordi G. H.