GNU Octave 4.0.0 Released GNU Octave, which is a
high-level programming language for numerical computations that is largely
compatible with MATLAB, has made its 4.0 release. There are lots of new
features in this major release, which are described in the
release notes.
Some of those features include defaulting to the graphical user interface
instead of the command-line interface, OpenGL graphics and Qt widgets by
default, a new syntax for object-oriented programming using
classdef, audio functions, better MATLAB compatibility, and more.