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Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 22:05:10 +0100
From: Johan Carlson <Johan.NOSPAM.Carlson@csee.ltu.se>
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Steve Amphlett wrote:

> Johan Carlson wrote:
> 
>>
>>Just out of curiosity, what exactly is it that Numerical Recipes
>>can do
>>that MATLAB can't already do?
> 
> 
> Hmm, that's blown my morning coffee break! I'm going to have to take
> my "C" copy outside, blow off the dust and then compare function for
> function.
> 
> Just reiterating previous points. ML help doesn't tell you WHY or
> HOW things work, just how to use them. I read NR a bit like
> Schildt's ANSI C book - I ignore the code examples.

In the humble words of Homer J. Simpson... D'Oh!

I thought this whole thing was about obtaining some functionality of NR 
and implement it in ML. Now I get it... Don't waste any more coffee 
breaks ;)

/Johan