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From: TideMan <mulgor@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Do not upgrade to Matlab2009a
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:59:50 -0700 (PDT)
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On Apr 15, 11:37=A0pm, "Scott Hirsch" <shirsch.nos...@mathworks.com>
wrote:
> To Tideman -
>
> As for the change in "matlab -r" behavior - can't you just put a call to =
QUIT or EXIT at the end of the code that needs to run (or wrap it in a scri=
pt that calls the code then quits)? =A0The reason I ask is that when assess=
ing a proposal to make an incompatible change we look at the anticipated im=
pact on our users, but we are guessing as to what various users' tolerances=
 are for dealing with changes. =A0If a change has seemingly easy/low-cost/a=
cceptable workarounds, we are certainly more likely to consider it. =A0I ha=
ven't given this particular change much thought, but I would have guessed t=
hat this one would have fallen under the easy workaround category. =A0
>

Yes, it is easily changed, but why should I have to?
I'm using Matlab for producing plots that go onto several webpages
hourly.
As a result of that change to Matlab 2006a, I would have to go through
a dozen or so schedules and add quit to each one, maybe introducing
unforeseen bugs in the process.  Then there would be the ones that I
missed that I'd have to fix later, and so on.  All this hassle for
some incremental (and probably inconsequential) improvement in the
program.

Contrast this with a language like Fortran, where stuff that was
written in Fortran IV 40 years ago still works today.