Python vs. Matlab

[Harry George]

notspecified at dev.null (Matt Feinstein) writes:

> On 22 Jan 2003 18:41:15 -0500, Mongryong <Mongryong at sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> 
> >Python vs Matlab (or any other similar language).
> >Any opinions on this comparison?  Benchmarks? Functionality?
> >One big up for Python is that it's FREE!
> 
> I've used Matlab a lot and Python a little--
> 
> Matlab does a number of essential things really well:
> -- Visualizing, displaying, formatting, and annotating various kinds
> of data
> -- Linear algebra computations
> -- Relatively small compute-it-and-display-it programs
> -- Large number of specialized 'toolbox' calculations
> 
> Matlab also does a number of important things in a half-assed or ugly
> fashion
> -- GUIs
> -- Object orientation
> -- Interface to outside world
> -- Non-numerical data structures
> 
> I would not bother with trying to get Python to do the things that
> Matlab does well. I would be interested in leveraging Python's strong
> points in a way that would help to overcome bad parts of Matlab.
> 
Would you use python with the bindings to Numeric, Scientific, or GSL?
Do these eat further into Matlab turf than raw Python?


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