No, the Octave faq reads: "There are still a number of differences between Octave and Matlab, however in general differences between the two are considered as b

No, the Octave faq reads: "There are still a number of differences between Octave and Matlab, however in general differences between the two are considered as bugs. Octave might consider that the bug is in Matlab and do nothing about it, but generally functionality is almost identical." Octave doesn't (for good reason!) re-implement bugs found in Matlab meaning it doesn't and never will work exactly like Matlab. Boeing's engineers weren't tasked with making MCAS generally work like a 737. They were tasked with making MCAS work exactly like a 30+ year old aircraft model, complete with quirks and faults. An impossible task.