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The extensions in Octave over Matlab syntax are very useful, but might cause issues when sharing with Matlab users. A list of the major extensions that should be avoided to be compatible with Matlab are | The extensions in Octave over Matlab syntax are very useful, but might cause issues when sharing with Matlab users. A list of the major extensions that should be avoided to be compatible with Matlab are: | ||
Comments in octave can be marked with <tt>#</tt>. This allows POSIX systems to have the first line as <tt>#! octave -q</tt> and mark the script itself executable. Matlab doesn't have this feature due to the absence of comments starting with <tt>#</tt>". | Comments in octave can be marked with <tt>#</tt>. This allows POSIX systems to have the first line as <tt>#! octave -q</tt> and mark the script itself executable. Matlab doesn't have this feature due to the absence of comments starting with <tt>#</tt>". | ||