Re: Reply on Burg and Welch power spectra

On Sep 26, 2006, at 5:55 AM, David Bateman wrote:

> Peter,
>
> Wow, the shear quantity of the comparison data is
> awesome... Frankly, I'm not sure I have the time
> to fully understand, but its seems to me
> from a brief reading of your message that
>
> 1) You don't think full matlab compatibility is desireable
> 2) Your code is more compatible that the existing code
> 3) Your have additional optional arguments
>
> The additional arguments are not a problem as they
> don't affect compatibility. Paul stated that its a
> pity to break compatibility with existing octave code,
> but I thinks its more important to adapt to the
> matlab interface to attract new users. As for the
> first point, its seems to me your the expert.
>
> I'd think that the best thing would be to replace
> the octave-forge functions with your new versions.
> Do you have a sourceforge account? If so then we
> should give you access to the CVS..

I agree with David that we should provide the new
versions so that new code is compatible.  However,
it is a pity to break compatibility with existing
_Matlab_ code, even though it is from an older version.

Do we want to save code compatible with R11?

- Paul