John W. Eaton is the initial and main author of Octave, a system for numerical computations with a language that is mostly compatible with MATLAB, but is available as a free software. In his professional life he works as a computer administrator for a chemical engineering group at the University of Wisconsin. Wikipedia
...John W. Eaton After about a year away from serious Octave development work, I'm now starting to be more involved again. Expect to see more frequent releases and ... jbrwww.che.wisc.edu/home/jwe/
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