Agreed. You use Matlab if you want to do work that will not been seen outside of academia. You use R if you have some hope of getting a real job after your po

Agreed. You use Matlab if you want to do work that will not been seen outside of academia. You use R if you have some hope of getting a real job after your postgraduate years, and you use C/C++ code with Python (or Lua if you like the Torch work) as your glue if you plan on being one of the rock-stars that people actually compete over.