> PyMat will not help you! PyMat works the other way around, ie it
> allows for Matlab calls from Python.
excuse my ignorance: but why would that not be helpful? I may be
missing something blindingly stupid (very possible) but it seems to me
using PyMat would be just as powerful (if not more) as
check out PyMat:
http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~steriana/Python/pymat.html
I've never used it but I believe it should work for your needs.
However, I highly recommend taking a look at SAGE:
http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/
which has an interface to octave.
-ph
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