Interesting. I make a living developing backend systems in Python, but picked up Matlab (Octave) for machine learning, and really enjoyed doing linear algebra o

Interesting. I make a living developing backend systems in Python, but picked up Matlab (Octave) for machine learning, and really enjoyed doing linear algebra on it. For PoCs and general experimentation I find it more amenable than messing with Numpy. Of course it isn't great for building complete systems, but for self-contained programs - which I believe is the intended purpose - it works pretty well.