I'm in exactly the same situation. MATLAB and R are so different, yet there's no obvious way to distinguish which will be better for the job. Thanks to those w

I'm in exactly the same situation. MATLAB and R are so different, yet there's no obvious way to distinguish which will be better for the job. Thanks to those who are also proposing alternatives. However, if the author is in anything of the same situation that I am, then it must be one of the two. Anything that's not "tried and true" seems to make too many people (bosses, clients) squeamish.