Re: [Gretl-devel] increment and decrement operators
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti wrote:
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On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Sven Schreiber wrote:
> So I'm not sure I like the C idioms taking over hansl...
Sven: I see your point, but I can assure you that once you get used to it,
it's very natural. Besides, while it's true that these are C idioms, it is
also true that they have spread to other matrix-oriented languages that are
in massive use today, such as the matlab family and ox (not sure about
gauss). Can't be a bad idea, can it?
There's a general point here. It seems to me that Matlab has
become the nearest thing to a de facto standard for high-level
matrix manipulation. That doesn't mean we have to follow
Matlab slavishly, but it does mean we should be conscious of
any significant (relevant) differences between gretl and
Matlab, and probably should hold the presumption that
consistency is desirable unless we have strong reasons for
doing things differently.
Andreas raised the issue of the treatment of 0 x n and m x 0
matrices. Are people aware of other respects in which gretl is
more restrictive than Matlab?
Allin