On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 2:24 PM, Jeff Brower <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with Eric, well said. My one exception is your reasoning based on > what > features MATLAB and/or GNU Radio have or don't have. If you ask colleagues > "why do > you need to use MATLAB" they will say because it's what their company has > available, > what their colleagues use, it's a widely accepted technical programming > language for > publishing papers, etc. If you ask students, they will say "because my Prof > said > so". A lot of pragmatic reasons.
Thats fine for them. I endorse their use of matlab. Three cheers for them. Fantastic. > As you said, a moral argument (or in my terms, an ideological argument) > isn't going > to accomplish much. But if GNU Radio gracefully plays with MATLAB, at least > at the > data exchange and function-callable level, then you open the door for the > other > culture to walk in -- and discover just how far GNU Radio software and > hardware has > advanced. That's a great way to attract new adherents and supporters. It's also a great way to make GNU radio useless to anyone who can't afford matlab. As I was told on IRC "every researcher has access to matlab", so of course if GNU radio deeply integrates matlab then many people will incorporate Matlab-only features into their projects since the mindset is "every researcher has access to matlab" even though far from everyone does... Why bother? There are hardware decks specifically built for matlab which are less costly than USRP. ... and a USRP driver for matlab could probably be written with comparable effort to matlab support in GNUradio. If someone simply wants some compatibility for their own matlab language code, there is octave.. but it seems that idea is being categorically rejected because what is wanted is just a shim to use USRP from matlab. Their needs could probably be best served by a USRP driver for matlab. _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
