How to use python in matlab

[Ali]

John Hunter <jdhunter at ace.bsd.uchicago.edu> wrote in message news:<mailman.5767.1099319977.5135.python-list at python.org>...
> >>>>> "Ali" == Ali  <alikakakhel3 at hotmail.com> writes:
> 
>     Ali> How to use python in matlab?  --
> 
> Could you be more explicit about what you want to do - do you want to
> call a python script from within a matlab shell?
> 
> Note that python offers many tools which enable you to *replace*
> matlab with python.  See
> 
> Numeric  - array package with many matlab element wise operations and
>            functions - http://numpy.sourceforge.net/
> 
> numarray - the same but with enhanced indexing, better support for
>            large arrays and
>            more. http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/numarray
> 
> matplotlib - 2D plotting with matlab syntax -
>              http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/
> 
> scipy - a vast collection of numeric tools, including support for
>         loading and saving mat files - http://www.scipy.org
> 
> and much more....
> 
> JDH

ok so is there a thing I can download that will do the symbolic stuff
that matlab can do?