The page you link is actually a shortened form and links to the real list: http://wiki.octave.org/FAQ#How_is_Octave_different_from_Matlab.3F http://wiki.octave.

The page you link is actually a shortened form and links to the real list: http://wiki.octave.org/FAQ#How_is_Octave_different_from_Matlab.3F http://wiki.octave.org/FAQ#How_is_Octave_different_from_Matl... which comes in at 2,662 words. The parts you say are good about Octave are EXACTLY the stuff I use Python and R for. If you want to use a Matlab library or toolkit, maybe cut in paste some code from a paper, do a quick 'what if' thing -- Octave just doesn't cut it. (My point in speaking up here isn't to diss Octave it's to re-center the reality around Matlab.)