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Re:Emacs for Data Science by coldtea on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @04:08PM (#9767417)
Actually Octavius itself derives from the latin for "eight" (octavus, which is were the music term also got it name).
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Re:Emacs for Data Science by jordigh on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @04:16PM (#9767476)
Yes, of course, but the number eight means more than just music.

Sorry, it's a pet peeve of mine that people keep thinking that GNU Octave has something to do with music.

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