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Engineers cost money. A LOT of money. A few tens of thousands USD for libraries is not a major investment.

• 7thaccount 6y ago
  My Python setup is free, Mathematica would be $3k, and Matlab would be ~$25k. I'm not sure what kind of deal a company gets for multiple engineers, but it would still be extremely expensive.
  • pioneer42 6y ago
    Still pocket change for a large corporation. Throw in vendor lock-in, and the fact that the ~$25k Matlab license includes technical support and it's an easy decision. Tech support is a big deal. Most companies would rather contract out than build an in-house team. Better to focus on what you do best and let someone else do what they do best. Not arguing for any technical merit of Matlab (not talking about Simulink, either). Just the business side.
    • 7thaccount 6y ago
      I assume that price is negotiated down per employee for bulk purchases, or else it's not a drop in the bucket even for a large corporation. Just two of those would be a beginning salary for an engineer. Yes, companies do like support.
    • adgjlsfhk1 6y ago
      Julia has julia-computing to provide this type of enterprise support, but it obviously isn't the same.