The Mathworks seventh release of its MATLAB® and Simulink® product families named R2008a includes new versions of MATLAB and Simulink, along with improvements to 82 other products.
The release has improved object-oriented programming capabilities in MATLAB that enable users to develop complex technical computing applications faster than with other languages, such as C++, C#, and Java™. Programmers can define classes and apply standard object-oriented design patterns in MATLAB to enjoy the benefits of code reuse, inheritance, encapsulation, and reference behaviour without engaging in the low-level housekeeping tasks required by other languages.
The improved object-oriented capabilities include class definition files for defining of properties, methods, and events. It handles classes with reference behaviour for creating data structures such as linked lists. It has events and listeners for monitoring object property changes and actions and the release is capable of JIT-Accelerator support for achieving significantly improved object performance. Other improvements include extensions to Embedded MATLAB™ code generation, new capabilities for parallel computing, new verification and validation capabilities, and automatic code generation of AUTOSAR-compliant code.
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