This assertion needs many caveats. Matlab more than sufficient for many many researchers.
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Not if they want to use
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And, on a related point, not if they want to save money or have their code open/accessible by others who can't afford a license.
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So yeah, there's more to knowing more than just matlab than just the language itself.
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Last time I had a discussion on this, I wrote a blog post about it. So I really do not think there's actually that much more for me to say.
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I'm sure there's lots of reasons to know multiple languages and I'm sure they're good reasons.But whether they're worth the time is a diff Q
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Matlab skills can be highly valuable. E.g. Matlab is literally the best thing to learn if you want a job at matlab.
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I do not want this job.
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Count me curious!
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Well, the most shocking thing they told me is that Matlab has no BNF! Which is unheard of pretty much. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backus%E2%80%93Naur_form …
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I put that in my blog post, but didn't want to cite them as they were scared.
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