R, Pandas (python) and alike will do a good job IMHO. I've been working with Matlab before (not really statistics, but more general), and now R is really deligh

R, Pandas (python) and alike will do a good job IMHO. I've been working with Matlab before (not really statistics, but more general), and now R is really delightful with visualizations and quick analysis. If you're looking for a rich programming language with basic analysis function I would recommend Pandas. Not as diverse as R, but works pretty good. (Just watch out for that steep learning curve in the beginning).