Re: [tlug] [OT] Japan and 海外 credit cards

[Edward Middleton <emiddleton@example.com>]

Ai Ling wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Edward Middleton
> <emiddleton@example.com <mailto:emiddleton@example.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thats interesting/scary, I aways imagined quants would use mathematic,
>     matlab or something else more serious then Excel extensions.  Dam
>     excel
>     ate the global economy!
>
>
> Please excuse what may be a very stupid question, and I'm sure Matlab
> is a very fine program from my limited experience with it in college
> (math minor), but... how on earth would one use Matlab in an
> _accounting/financial_ environment? 

Well like Excel you can build excel extension or even complete
applications out of Matlab but I would have a lot more faith in Matlab
getting the maths right.

Edward