Does anybody know how Matlab became so big in science? What's the story? It's expensive, inflexible & not pedagogical. How did this happen?
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true, but it's built into the language rather than a separate package so it's slightly faster to code and the code is more readable
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figures are also way easier, and matlab has better documentation than packages like matplotlib
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I think the documentation is the only reason I'd switch from python. Matplotlib docs are terrrrrrible
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I have trouble believing the thing about speed — is this really true?
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sometimes it's more intuitive; depends on what you're used to. I imagine some people prefer something that looks more math-y
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haha sure — but never met any of those in psych

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me neither!
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