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Replacing Matlab with Python in engineering seems like a very bad idea, given Python's poor performance. Matlab (and most Python) packages get around this by co
by Max-Limelihood 4y ago
Replacing Matlab with Python in engineering seems like a very bad idea, given Python's poor performance. Matlab (and most Python) packages get around this by coding everything in C++, then just having users call that C++ code. But then you have to code in C++, which is expensive.
Julia would probably be a better solution for this use case.
- duped 4y agoMatlab isn't exactly fast, and the same technique is used for python modules. The problem isn't performance, it's that matlab is a single click install of everything and an ide that takes care of everything for you. By comparison, managing a python environment is a nightmare.
- gateorade 4y agoThe performance of matlab/Python the traditional engineering world isn’t relevant though, its just for modeling/simulation, it never runs in live systems. It’s way cheaper to just buy a faster machine then to try and retrain a mechanical engineer who learned matlab in college on Julia, at least for now.