>Visualize data with high-level plot commands in 2D and 3D. And wait an eternity for anything 3D to render. I usually use Octave for prototyping, and while it

>Visualize data with high-level plot commands in 2D and 3D. And wait an eternity for anything 3D to render. I usually use Octave for prototyping, and while it is reasonably fast doing calculations once you learn to vectorize computations, plotting moderately large amounts of data can easily block the entire program.