Editing GNU Octave (section)

==Comparison with other similar software==
Alternatives to GNU Octave under an [[free software|open source]] license, other than the aforementioned MATLAB, include [[Scilab]] and [[FreeMat]].<ref name="Trappenberg2010">{{cite book|last=Trappenberg|first=Thomas|title=Fundamentals of Computational Neuroscience|year=2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-956841-3|page=361}}</ref><ref name="MuhammadZalizniak2011">{{cite book|last1=Muhammad|first1=A|last2=Zalizniak|first2=V|title=Practical Scientific Computing|url=https://archive.org/details/practicalscienti00muha|url-access=limited|year=2011|publisher=[[Woodhead Publishing]]|isbn=978-0-85709-226-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/practicalscienti00muha/page/n11 3]}}</ref><ref name="MegreyMoksness2008">{{cite book|last1=Megrey|first1=Bernard A.|last2=Moksness|first2=Erlend|title=Computers in Fisheries Research|url=https://archive.org/details/computersfisheri00megr|url-access=limited|year=2008|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4020-8636-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/computersfisheri00megr/page/n351 345]}}</ref><ref name="Kapuno2008">{{cite book|last=Kapuno|first=Raul Raymond|title=Programming for Chemical Engineers Using C, C++, and MATLAB|year=2008|publisher=Jones & Bartlett Publishers|isbn=978-1-934015-09-4|page=365}}</ref> Octave is more compatible with MATLAB than Scilab is,<ref name="Trappenberg2010"/><ref name="Herman2013">{{cite book|last=Herman|first=Russell L.|title=A Course in Mathematical Methods for Physicists|year=2013|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-1-4665-8467-9|page=42}}</ref><ref name="WouwerSaucez2014">{{cite book|last1=Wouwer|first1=Alain Vande|last2=Saucez|first2=Philippe|last3=Vilas|first3=Carlos|title=Simulation of ODE/PDE Models with MATLAB, Octave and Scilab: Scientific and Engineering Applications|year=2014|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-06790-2|pages=114–115}}</ref> and FreeMat has not been updated since June 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=FreeMat |url=http://freemat.sourceforge.net/ |website=freemat.sourceforge.net |access-date=22 February 2020}}</ref>

Also the [[Julia (programming language)|Julia programming language]] and its plotting capabilities has similarities with GNU Octave.