[ssml] Matrix manipulation tool

[Kevin Karplus]

Goel, Manisha asked

> I need to analyse some substitution matrices, like calculate relative
> entropy and matrix subtractions etc.
> I was wondering if any simple tool is available for such calculations or
> do people always use inhouse mathematics programs to do this ?

It probably takes less time to write your own tiny programs in Perl or
Python than to find and learn how to use someone else's.

If you want a language with good support for matrices, you could try
Matlab or even R.

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