MATLAB

Etymology: 
MATLAB = MATrix LABoratory

FAQ:
Matt Wette:
ftp://csi.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/matlab/FAQ.html
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/matlab-faq
http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/internet/news/faq/archive/matlab-faq.html

                                                 RLaB

Etymology: see *

MAC NAME: MacRLaB                                      

VERSION: 1.18c                                 

README:
This is the Macintosh port of RLaB 1.18c program. RLaB is a Matlab-like linear algebra package.  The author is 
    
         Ian Searle
         ians@eskimo.com
    
RLaB is an interpreter for the RLaB Programming Language/Environment. The RLaB language is useful for matrix or array oriented numerical analyses. RLaB is especially useful for prototyping and experimenting with algorithms. RLaB extensively uses the LAPACK, FFTPACK and RANLIB sources available from netlib.att.com and PLPLOT from dino.ph.utexas.edu.
MacRLaB is not a full port of RLaB.  Some items will probably never be fully supported as they are too tied to the Unix operating system. Examples are the 'pipe', the 'fork', the 'socket', and many others. Other features are handled a little differently in the Mac version."

AUTHORS:
Unix:
Ian Searle
mac port:
Tzong-Shuoh Yang 
    
COPYRIGHT:
(c) 1992-95 Ian Searle

INTERNET SITES:
Info-Mac
UMich
ftp://archives.math.utk.edu/software/mac/progLanguages/RLaB/
ftp://archives.math.utk.edu/software/mac/miscellaneous/RLaB/
ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/mac/development/languages/

Old versions:                                      
UMich  
ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/mac/developer/lang/
http://multivac.ludd.luth.se/pub/mac/developer/lang/
ftp://ftp.ari.net/pub/MacSciTech/math/                            
ftp://freebsd.cdrom.com/.12/mac/MacSciTech/math/       
ftp://freebsd.cdrom.com/pub/mac/MacSciTech/math/       
                         
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From: ians@eskimo.com (Ian Searle)
To: xpolakis@athena.compulink.gr (Antreas P. Hatzipolakis)
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 23:13:16 -0700 (PDT)

> I have a question about the name:
> What is the etymology of RLaB?

I am in the midst of writing an article, here is the opening paragraph.
-Ian

First of all, \rlab\ stands for ``our''-lab. It is available to almost everyone who needs a computational tool for scientific and engineering applications, because it is freely-available, and it runs on many platforms.