New App: FreeMat Portable 4.0 Released by PortableApps.com

FreeMat Portable 4.0 has been released. FreeMat is a free environment for rapid engineering and scientific prototyping and data processing. It is similar to commercial systems such as MATLAB from Mathworks, and IDL from Research Systems, but is Open Source. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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Features

• N-dimensional array manipulation (by default, N is limited to 6)
• Support for 8,16, 32, and 64 bit integer types (signed and unsigned), 32 and 64 bit floating point types, and 64 and 128 bit complex types.
• Built in arithmetic for manipulation of all supported data types.
• Support for solving linear systems of equations via the divide operators.
• Eigenvalue and singular value decompositions
• Full control structure support (including, for, while, break, continue, etc.)
• 2D plotting and image display
• Heterogeneous array types (called “cell arrays” in MATLAB-speak) fully supported
• Full support for dynamic structure arrays
• Arbitrary-size FFT support
• Pass-by-reference support (an IDL feature)
• Keyword support (an IDL feature)
• Codeless interface to external C/C++/FORTRAN code
• Native sparse matrix support
• Function pointers (eval and feval are fully supported)
• Classes, operator overloading
• 3D Plotting and visualization via OpenGL
• Handle-based graphics

Learn more about FreeMat

PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format

This app is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Suite including the Menu and Backup Utility.

Download

FreeMat Portable is available for immediate download from the FreeMat Portable homepage. Get it today!