octave versus scilab

[abdelkader belahcene <abelahcene@gmail.com>]

hi,
I want to choose between octave and scilab, somebody can give us     an overview 
about advantages and disadvantages for each.
Now I am using  scilab 5.3  and I have a problem ( with graphic interface) because it uses java and opengl for the interface.  the devloppers said that the pb will be fixed in next version??!!!


I want to switch to octave, before i want to be sure that is the good decision!!

thanks for help
regards