I would actually say Python's matrix manipulation syntax is better, but Matlab's matrix literal syntax is much nicer and more minimal. Having made hundreds/tho

I would actually say Python's matrix manipulation syntax is better, but Matlab's matrix literal syntax is much nicer and more minimal. Having made hundreds/thousands of plots in each, I think Matplotlib's plotting is a bit better than Matlab's, especially for complex plots where you need control and have subfigures, etc. Matlab's 3D plots are better than Matplotlib's (which are fake-3D), but for sophisticated 3D visualisation Python has powerful options like VTK that Matlab can't really match.