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		pvitz on Jan 3, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A new release for GNU Octave I have never understood why MATLAB hasn't introduced proper broadcasting like APL and its successors. My problem with Numpy is its awkward notation/syntax when compared to Matlab/APL.

tpoacher on Jan 3, 2021 [–]

Matlab has had broadcasting since 2016 (and obviously octave since forever)

pvitz on Jan 3, 2021 | [–]

That is true, but "proper" broadcasting should include some way to manipulate it like a rank conjunction.

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