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The main reason I would put forward is that it's completely free and open source. That means that all your work is transferable and usable by anybody, not just
by zmmmmm 14y ago
The main reason I would put forward is that it's completely free and open source. That means that all your work is transferable and usable by anybody, not just people who have the ability to use Matlab (including possibly your future self).
- temp453463343 14y agoOut of curiosity, if you want open source, what's wrong with Octave or the likes?
- zmmmmm 14y agoI must admit, that sounds plausible and I'm not an expert with Matlab or Octave, but I understand the compatibility is reasonable but nowhere near complete. There seem to be a pretty good number of problems discussed here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3534867/why-when-should-i-prefer-matlab-over-octave http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3534867/why-when-should-i... But really I just feel like (certainly in my field) the open source community around R is huge and thriving and it's a better bet than Octave in terms of that.
- SIULHT 14y agolack of toolboxes