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> Octave does to MATLAB what R has done to SPSS and SAS It won’t because all those new algorithms aren’t written in Octave (for the most part), but MATLAB (or
by marmaduke 8y ago
> Octave does to MATLAB what R has done to SPSS and SAS
It won’t because all those new algorithms aren’t written in Octave (for the most part), but MATLAB (or Python or Julia).
MATLAB is not a dinosaur: it has had line profiler, JIT compiler, 3D plotting, builtin scriptable debugger in the default installation, long before Python or Julia, who still struggle with these highly valuable tools. Now it has notebooks, and plenty of other new stuff inspired by recent new stuff in Python et al. On top of that there is a Python FFI so you can call out to a Python installation if need be.