From octave-maintainers-request at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu Tue Nov 11 03:15:31 2003
Subject: mx and C enigne API
From: Bernd Kalbfuss <kalbfuss at mpi-magdeburg dot mpg dot de>
To: "John W. Eaton" <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>,    Octave Maintainers <octave-maintainers@bevo.che.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:15:23 +0100

Hi John,

after so many postings about interprocess communication I am just 
puzzled. Simple question: is there any standard method available at the 
moment that allows to control octave from a different process? If yes: 
where is the documentation for it or where can I find some examples?
Since nobody responded to my last message I will just ask again: what 
about implementing the matlab mx and C engine API in octave? This would 
help in two ways: 1st it would make external matlab functions portable, 
2nd this could provide an easy interface for any application that wants 
to exchange data with octave. I would volunteer to do this. But I 
definitely need more information about the current status of the project.

Bernd