>>>>> "John" == John T Hoffoss <john.t.hoffoss at gmail.com> writes: John> On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:37:56 -0500, Jim Crumley John> <crumley at belka.space.umn.edu> wrote: John> <snip> >> libraries easily available. Of course for problems at this level >> Mathematica/Matlab/IDL are all viable alternatives as well. John> But not free/easily available unless I'm going to the lab (or SSH'd John> in) which isn't tough, but not as easy as perl/python right on my John> personal pc... I think most EE's are used to spending a load of time in the lab anyway, and Matlab is a very friendly language for engineers. There's a fellow at Macalester whose name I'm afraid I've forgotten, who teaches MATLAB as a first language (for non-CS majors IIRC), and has written a textbook for the purpose. Cheers _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list