- A [tutorial on writing language bindings] for GNU Octave by Muthiah Annamalai. ([Download])
- [Bindings to FANN library] for artificial neural networks (also see the [FANN project page]).
- The latest release of octave creates a new series: 2.9.0. This includes major changes like the split of gnuplot from the core of octave, for easier externalization of the plotting functions, and a sparse matrix type with many basic functions and operators defined.