this is sad. I just rediscovered octave not long ago. I have been using R, but was never comfortable with it - yukky syntax, clunky RStudio. octave has clean an

this is sad. I just rediscovered octave not long ago. I have been using R, but was never comfortable with it - yukky syntax, clunky RStudio. octave has clean and solid UI, nice syntax that sticks and reasonable base packages. I wish you guys could develop a practice around octave, selling services, while keeping base product free.