Re: what's your favourite FLOSS?

[Martin Waller <martinej.waller@ntlworld.com>]

Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> On Nov 13, 2007 10:37 PM, Martin Waller <martinej.waller@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> > > On Nov 11, 2007 12:22 AM, Martin Waller <martinej.waller@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > > mathematics:
> > > > R, g++, Octave
> > > g++?
> > yes, g++
> >
> > martin@papilio:~$ g++ -v
> > Using built-in specs.
> > Target: i486-linux-gnu
> > Configured with: ../src/configure -v
> > --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c
> > ++,treelang --prefix=/usr --enable-shared --with-system-zlib
> > --libexecdir=/usr/l
> > ib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls
> > --program-suff
> > ix=-4.1 --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu
> > --enable-libstdcxx-debug --en
> > able-mpfr --with-tune=i686 --enable-checking=release i486-linux-gnu
> > Thread model: posix
> > gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.1-21)
> > martin@papilio:~$
>
> I meant I saw it listed under mathematics. I already saw someone who
> listed Python under mathematics, and maybe it's because she uses it as
> a calculator. What about you?

Numerical analysis of various kinds - less so now since I have started 
using R, but its still a good way to understand the fundamental details 
of the calcs. involved in various techniques (at least to a pretty 
elementary level) and how to use some of the BOOST libs and TMP etc 
which can be useful in some cases.

Kind regards,

Martin