Re: Is there a Matrix module that supports BigFloat?

Have a look at SciLab. It's an almost exact clone of Matlab - to the point where I did a math course which required matlab, only I used scilab. When submitting my code all I had to change was the comment symbol and the function parameters were back to front. Even the function names are the same.. All your old friends are there, like plot, plot2d and plot3d, as well as some useful expansion toolboxes.

It goes without saying that it does matrixes very well.

If you really want a perl solution, there are some CPAN modules called PDL that are apparently as powerful as matlab - the learning curve was too steep for me.

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Re: Re: Is there a Matrix module that supports BigFloat? by metadoktor (Hermit) on May 17, 2002 at 16:13 UTC
Have a look at SciLab Thank you. I will look for SciLab. there are some CPAN modules called PDL that are apparently Yes, I know. I pointed out PDL::Matrix in my post. The documentation for the module doesn't seem to indicate that it handles very large numbers. metadoktor "The doktor is in."	[reply]
Re^3: Is there a Matrix module that supports BigFloat? by etj (Priest) on Jul 05, 2022 at 21:57 UTC
Even in 2022, PDL does not support arbitrary-precision maths. It does (as of 2.064) support C "long double", but that is only guaranteed to be "at least" as precise as double. However! See Re^4: PDL datatype for discussion of how to actually implement this.	[reply]