diff --git a/Cantera/cxx/writelog.cpp b/Cantera/cxx/writelog.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..874d28f54
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+++ b/Cantera/cxx/writelog.cpp
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+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+using namespace std;
+
+namespace Cantera {
+ 
+   void writelog(const string& s) {
+        cout << s;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/Cantera/matlab/cantera/private/write.cpp b/Cantera/matlab/cantera/private/write.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d5a4fd11
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+++ b/Cantera/matlab/cantera/private/write.cpp
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+
+#include "mex.h"
+#include <string>
+
+static std::string ss = "disp('";
+
+namespace Cantera {
+
+    void writelog(const std::string& s) {
+        char ch = s[0];
+        int n = 0;
+        while (ch != '\0') {
+            if (ch =='\n') {
+                ss += " ');";
+                mexEvalString(ss.c_str());
+                ss = "disp('";
+            }
+            else 
+                ss += ch;
+            n++;
+            ch = s[n];
+        }
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/Cantera/python/src/writelog.cpp b/Cantera/python/src/writelog.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c36f3341
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+++ b/Cantera/python/src/writelog.cpp
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+#include "Python.h"
+#include <string>
+using namespace std;
+
+static std::string ss = "print \"";
+
+namespace Cantera {
+
+    void writelog(const string& s) {
+        char ch = s[0];
+        int n = 0;
+        while (ch != '\0') {
+            if (ch =='\n') {
+                ss += "\"";
+                PyRun_SimpleString((char *)ss.c_str());            
+                ss = "print \"";
+            }
+            else 
+                ss += ch;
+            n++;
+            ch = s[n];
+        }
+    }
+
+}