... prototyping.¹

For final systems implementation, assembly language is still the most commonly used, followed by the C/C++ programming language.

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...²

Unfortunately, there is not a standard definition of the matlab language, and so Matlab and Octave are not 100% compatible, partly by choice. However, aside from plotting data graphically, it is not hard to write for both, using only the compatible subset of the language.

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... Extras.³

http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/mypc/Things_Do_after_Installing.html

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