<s>
Scilab	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
,	O
cross-platform	O
numerical	B-General_Concept
computational	I-General_Concept
package	O
and	O
a	O
high-level	B-Language
,	O
numerically	B-General_Concept
oriented	O
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
signal	O
processing	O
,	O
statistical	O
analysis	O
,	O
image	B-Algorithm
enhancement	I-Algorithm
,	O
fluid	O
dynamics	O
simulations	O
,	O
numerical	O
optimization	O
,	O
and	O
modeling	O
,	O
simulation	O
of	O
explicit	O
and	O
implicit	O
dynamical	O
systems	O
and	O
(	O
if	O
the	O
corresponding	O
toolbox	O
is	O
installed	O
)	O
symbolic	O
manipulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scilab	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
major	O
open-source	O
alternatives	O
to	O
MATLAB	B-Language
,	O
the	O
other	O
one	O
being	O
GNU	B-Language
Octave	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scilab	B-Application
puts	O
less	O
emphasis	O
on	O
syntactic	O
compatibility	O
with	O
MATLAB	B-Language
than	O
Octave	B-Language
does	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
similar	O
enough	O
that	O
some	O
authors	O
suggest	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
easy	O
to	O
transfer	O
skills	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scilab	B-Application
is	O
a	O
high-level	B-Language
,	O
numerically	B-General_Concept
oriented	O
programming	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
provides	O
an	O
interpreted	B-Application
programming	O
environment	O
,	O
with	O
matrices	B-Architecture
as	O
the	O
main	O
data	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
using	O
matrix-based	O
computation	O
,	O
dynamic	O
typing	O
,	O
and	O
automatic	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
,	O
many	O
numerical	O
problems	O
may	O
be	O
expressed	O
in	O
a	O
reduced	O
number	O
of	O
code	O
lines	O
,	O
as	O
compared	O
to	O
similar	O
solutions	O
using	O
traditional	O
languages	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Fortran	B-Application
,	O
C	B-Language
,	O
or	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
rapidly	O
construct	O
models	B-Application
for	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
mathematical	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
language	O
provides	O
simple	O
matrix	O
operations	O
such	O
as	O
multiplication	O
,	O
the	O
Scilab	B-Application
package	O
also	O
provides	O
a	O
library	O
of	O
high-level	B-Language
operations	O
such	O
as	O
correlation	O
and	O
complex	O
multidimensional	O
arithmetic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scilab	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
free	O
package	O
called	O
Xcos	B-Application
for	O
modeling	O
and	O
simulation	O
of	O
explicit	O
and	O
implicit	O
dynamical	O
systems	O
,	O
including	O
both	O
continuous	O
and	O
discrete	O
sub-systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xcos	B-Application
is	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
equivalent	O
to	O
Simulink	B-Application
from	O
the	O
MathWorks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
syntax	B-Application
of	O
Scilab	B-Application
is	O
similar	O
to	O
MATLAB	B-Language
,	O
Scilab	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
source	O
code	O
translator	O
for	O
assisting	O
the	O
conversion	O
of	O
code	O
from	O
MATLAB	B-Language
to	O
Scilab	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scilab	B-Application
is	O
available	O
free	O
of	O
cost	O
under	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scilab	B-Application
syntax	B-Application
is	O
largely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
MATLAB	B-Language
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
simplest	O
way	O
to	O
execute	O
Scilab	B-Application
code	O
is	O
to	O
type	O
it	O
in	O
at	O
the	O
prompt	B-Application
,	O
-->	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
graphical	O
command	B-Application
window	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
way	O
,	O
Scilab	B-Application
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
interactive	O
mathematical	O
shell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
Scilab	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
are	O
available	O
on	O
ATOMS	O
Portal	O
or	O
the	O
Scilab	B-Application
forge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scilab	B-Application
was	O
created	O
in	O
1990	O
by	O
researchers	O
from	O
INRIA	O
and	O
École	O
nationale	O
des	O
ponts	O
et	O
chaussées	O
(	O
ENPC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Scilab	B-Application
Consortium	O
was	O
formed	O
in	O
May	O
2003	O
to	O
broaden	O
contributions	O
and	O
promote	O
Scilab	B-Application
as	O
worldwide	O
reference	O
software	O
in	O
academia	O
and	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2008	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
technology	O
transfer	O
,	O
the	O
Scilab	B-Application
Consortium	O
joined	O
the	O
Digiteo	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scilab	B-Application
5.1	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
release	O
compiled	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
,	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
early	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
supported	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
10.5	I-Application
,	O
a.k.a.	O
</s>
<s>
Leopard	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
OSX	B-Application
10.4	I-Application
,	O
Tiger	B-Application
,	O
was	O
never	O
supported	O
except	O
by	O
porting	O
from	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
builds	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
since	O
the	O
beginning	O
,	O
with	O
Solaris	B-Application
support	O
dropped	O
with	O
version	O
3.1.1	O
,	O
and	O
HP-UX	B-Application
dropped	O
with	O
version	O
4.1.2	O
after	O
spotty	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
Consortium	O
announced	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Scilab	B-Application
Enterprises	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scilab	B-Application
Enterprises	O
develops	O
and	O
markets	O
,	O
directly	O
or	O
through	O
an	O
international	O
network	O
of	O
affiliated	O
services	O
providers	O
,	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
set	O
of	O
services	O
for	O
Scilab	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scilab	B-Application
Enterprises	O
also	O
develops	O
and	O
maintains	O
the	O
Scilab	B-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ultimate	O
goal	O
of	O
Scilab	B-Application
Enterprises	O
is	O
to	O
help	O
make	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Scilab	B-Application
more	O
effective	O
and	O
easy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2017	O
Scilab	B-Application
6.0.0	O
was	O
released	O
which	O
leveraged	O
the	O
latest	O
C++	B-Language
standards	O
and	O
lifted	O
memory	O
allocation	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2019	O
and	O
Scilab	B-Application
6.0.2	O
,	O
the	O
provides	O
resources	O
to	O
build	O
and	O
maintain	O
the	O
macOS	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2016	O
Scilab	B-Application
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
a	O
browser	O
and	O
be	O
called	O
via	O
an	O
interface	O
written	O
in	O
Scilab	B-Application
or	O
an	O
API	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
features	O
have	O
not	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
version	O
of	O
Scilab	B-Application
and	O
are	O
still	O
proprietary	O
developments	O
.	O
</s>
