Why is the Matlab function “feval” needed?

Question

A function handle can be used to call a function, e.g.

f = @sin;
val = f(1.0);

so why is fev

Answer 1

Until Release 14 (MATLAB 7), feval was the way to evaluate a function handle... or to evaluate functions when they are specified by their name.

Source: Mental model for feval().