Re: What is the sound of Matlab?

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From: John D'Errico
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 00:00

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In article <384AF720.DE@compuserve.com>, Will Dwinnell
<predictor@compuserve.com> wrote:

> ElectricPete wrote:
> > 
> > > What is the sound of Matlab?
> > 
> > OK, I give up.  What is it?
> 
> I'll tell you what the sound of MATLAB is: it is the sound of myriad
> loops never written, and even more pointers never allocated.
> 
> Will

Hold up there. Those loops are still being written.
Those pointers are still being allocated. They are
implicit loops and pointers however - invisible as
far as the matlab user is concerned.

Does a pointer that falls in the woods make a sound?

;-)

John

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