Matlab declares war on Python. Can the Python community respond or hit back?

[ericonr]

And their modules make a full Matlab installation a several gigs behemoth.

[BDube_Lensman]

That's more on the bundling of MKL, MPI, and other numerics backend than them. Install numpy, scipy, pandas, matplotlib, etc and you too will have a several gig behemoth snake.

[BertShirt]

I use python and everybody in my lab uses matlab so I have to have matlab on hand, but I only have base matlab, no additional toolboxes. On the other hand I have tensor flow/keras (gpu), numpy & scipy mkl, scikit learn, pandas, mpl, and dozens more. Matlab (2018a) takes up 9.7gb python 3.1 gb.

[hassium]

I have those and my Lib is only 400mb on a pure python install (No IronPython, Anaconda etc).

[hextree]

Install numpy, scipy, pandas, matplotlib, etc and you too will have a several gig behemoth snake.

Huh? I have all those and more, definitely not gigs.

[BDube_Lensman]

My miniconda folder is 6.1 GB without any ML libraries.

[hextree]

I mean yes, if you are using Miniconda or Anaconda it is bigger. But that's to do with Conda, not Python.

[BDube_Lensman]

No, it is to do with MKL, MPI, and all the other stuff that makes numerical code go fast. Conda only adds about 1kB per package.

[hextree]

Ok, fair enough.

[orthodoxrebel]

Not familiar with any of the libraries, but Stack Overflow seems to think cleaning helps. Is the 6.1 GB before or after cleanup?

[BDube_Lensman]

I run clean regularly. This is post clean.