Sure. I think you are seeing a path dependence thing - more so in the past, but still there are engineering departments that are very matlab oriented, and othe

Sure. I think you are seeing a path dependence thing - more so in the past, but still there are engineering departments that are very matlab oriented, and others that are not. So depending who you work with, you'll see a ton of it or little. This is a bit like the python/R dichotomy in data science.