MATLAB version update history

In 1970s, Cleve Moler, head of the Computer Science Department at the University of New Mexico, used FORTRAN to compile the earliest MATLAB program. In 1984, MathWorks, jointly established by Little, Moler, and Steve Bangert, officially pushed MATLAB to the market.

 

Version Number	Build No.	Release Date
Math 7.9   Math 7.8	R2009b   R2009a	2009.9   2009.3
Math 7.7	R2008b	2008.10
Math 7.6	R2008a	2008.3
Math 7.5	R2007b	2007.10
Math 7.4	R2007a	2007
Math 7.3	R2006b	2006
Math 7.2	R2006a	2006
Math 7.1	R14SP3	2005
MATLAB 7.0.4	R14SP2	2005
MATLAB 7.0.1	R14SP1	2004
Math 7.0	R14	2004
MATLAB 6.5.2	R13SP2	2003
MATLAB 6.5.1	R13SP1	2003
Math 6.5	R13	2002
Math 6.1	R12.1	2001
Math 6.0	R12	2000
MATLAB 5.3.1	R11.1	1999
Math 5.3	R11	1999
MATLAB 5.2.1	R10.1	1998
Math 5.2	R10	1998
MATLAB 5.1.1	R9.1	1997
Math 5.1	R9	1997
Math 5.0	R8	1996
MATLAB 4.2c	R7	1994
MATLAB 4		1992
Math 3.5		1990
MATLAB 3		1987
MATALB 2		1986
Math 1.0		1984