4 engineers on Hacker News describe using GNU Octave first-hand: 1 endorse it, 1 regret it, 0 are mixed.
“it didn't want to plot anything and had to be killed after issuing a plot command.”
regret · production · stinos · 2016-11-19 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I've found that Matlab/Octave is a decent substitute for a "high-level language" to sketch out new approaches with.”
endorse · personal · cbo · 2011-11-16 · source ↗ · wrong label?“I cleaned out the Java and Octave support I wasn't using anymore.”
neutral · personal · patrickmay · 2026-10-28 · source ↗ · wrong label?“It's also one of the main reasons I have been using Octave and Python/Anaconda.”
neutral · personal · arca_vorago · 2015-06-29 · source ↗ · wrong label?