For elegant matrix syntax I like julia or fortran better, if I need a lack of a license or more speed. Octave is good too, but it is much slower than Matlab. Nu

For elegant matrix syntax I like julia or fortran better, if I need a lack of a license or more speed. Octave is good too, but it is much slower than Matlab. Numpy is in a weird spot. Its still slower than Matlab, but its everywhere, but all the versions and environments are different so you need containers to be portable.