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From: zhou@brazil.psych.purdue.edu (Albert Zhou)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: MATRIX BASIC-- ENOUGH MARKET?
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Date: 4 Jan 91 19:45:50 GMT
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I am intending to expand the current matrix operation interface I've designed
into a full scale language. Here is what I am considering:

    (1) I don't want it to become a special language like mathematica, gauss,	imsl and so on. Instead, I want it to be a clone of a popular language on PC
with full matrix operation capacity. Since it has to be interpretive, the
the ideal candidate would be BASIC. I would call it MATRIX BASIC.

    (2) Besides matrix operations, it will contain also other frequently
used math functions like normal distribution.

    (3) Programs written in MATRIX will be made a stand-along .EXE files.
between interpretive BASIC and compiled BASIC. It is not a compiled program;
instead, it is a combination of the interpreter and the preprocessed MATRIX
BASIC code.

Any comments, suggestions or objections? I would especially want to know
how big the market for MATRIX BASIC will be. Also, if anyone would suggest
another language to clone, I am listening.
M