From: Steve Eddins on
Sebastiaan wrote:
> Another point of consideration: if you are planning on making MEX
> files, there are free C/C++/Fortran compilers for Linux (GNU and
> Intel), but none for Windows (apart from LCC).

Microsoft Visual Studio Express is available for free and is sufficient
for building and debugging MEX-files. I use it on my home computer.

http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/

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Steve Eddins
http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/
From: Rune Allnor on
On 17 Sep, 17:02, Steve Eddins <Steve.Edd...(a)mathworks.com> wrote:
....

Hi Steve.

I've seen some rumours around that the 2nd edition of
Gonzalez, Woods and Eddins is just around the coner,
but I haven't seen any copies either at amazon.com or
in the local bookstore.

Would you mind commenting on if or when it is available?

Rune
From: Sebastiaan on
Steve Eddins <Steve.Eddins(a)mathworks.com> wrote in message <h8tj1o$3r4$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>...
> Sebastiaan wrote:
> > Another point of consideration: if you are planning on making MEX
> > files, there are free C/C++/Fortran compilers for Linux (GNU and
> > Intel), but none for Windows (apart from LCC).
>
> Microsoft Visual Studio Express is available for free and is sufficient
> for building and debugging MEX-files. I use it on my home computer.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/
>
> ---
> Steve Eddins
> http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve/

Ah, I did not know that. Sorry for my mistake.

As far as speed: I have seen no difference between Windows/Linux as far as the bench command goes.

Not sure how Windows operates on large memory usage, i.e. you need at least a 64 bit windows (which is less commonly used than 64 bit Linux).
From: Stan Bischof on
Maurits <m.diephuis(a)alumnus.utwente.nl> wrote:
> I'm going to buy a new computer on which I will do Matlab development
> primarily.
>
> I am kind of a happy mac user, but in my experience Matlab runs kind
> of slow on OS X and I am thus contemplating a switch to something
> else..
>

Now that Apple is using standard hardware there's
not much of any reason left for signficant performance
differences between the OS's. Matlab will run very similarly
on Windows, Linux and OSX in most cases.

So- platform choice should probably be centered on
other issues such as:
- what other apps do you need/want to run?
- which toolboxes do you want? Not all toolboxes are
available on all platforms.
- do you need to compile code for others to use?

Stan
From: Loren Shure on
In article <03091753-da87-43e4-b2d6-33d7be51e0b4
@p9g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, allnor(a)tele.ntnu.no says...
> On 17 Sep, 17:02, Steve Eddins <Steve.Edd...(a)mathworks.com> wrote:
> ...
>
> Hi Steve.
>
> I've seen some rumours around that the 2nd edition of
> Gonzalez, Woods and Eddins is just around the coner,
> but I haven't seen any copies either at amazon.com or
> in the local bookstore.
>
> Would you mind commenting on if or when it is available?
>
> Rune
>

I believe now: http://imageprocessingplace.com/DIPUM-
2E/dipum2e_main_page.htm


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Loren
http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren