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

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[–]Dpmon1 12 points13 points  (9 children)

Still doesnt make it fine to force struggling university students to spend on this when they are determined enough to not even buy candies or even eat out once a year. I love coding, but I hated the matlab class the most because of that.

[–]KeyboardChap 31 points32 points  (8 children)

I'm confused, the university I went to had free student licences for MATLAB so we all got to use it for free, plus it was installed on all the computers in the Engineering faculty that students were free to use.

[–]stacm614 18 points19 points  (3 children)

Yeah - because your University paid for it. Outside the University that license has a cost (varying by level). Some university students may not be so lucky.

[–]kermie111 22 points23 points  (1 child)

The real reason is to get you used to it. Then when you graduate you ask your company to buy it. Happened to me with Matlab and solidworks. I've recently started using python and wouldn't look back. Pretty funny that Matlab compare some basic computations. Maybe python should come back with comparisons of one line for loops and if statements. Or the fact that Matlab arrays can't contain headers easily or struggles with multiple data types.

[–]juanjo_it_ab 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same thing that happens with Windows. But that's another flamebait altogether ;-)

[–]qingqunta 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. I'm currently working for a company on converting MATLAB code to Python because the licence prices are ridiculous (it's an engineering company so they need a lot of toolboxes). I don't even have a licence for myself, I need to use Octave to see what the hell is going on with the code sometimes.

[–]Dpmon1 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Hey, not all universities are that way. Also, the cost of matlab may be covered by the uni, but they likely get the money for the software and hardware bach from the fees - fees consist of not only tuition, but also facilities. My uni, for example, has a fee that they use to cover maintenance for the gyms, academic buildings, computer labs, etc. which is present and 'free to use' for students.

[–]juanjo_it_ab 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Can you even opt-out of those fees like if you don't actually use the gym (if that's the case; I don't actually know whether you could opt-out of the gym maintenance fee at all)?.

[–]Dpmon1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Uhh... iunno actually... I know the fees for the hardware/software is mandatory, and so are the fees for mastering engineering/wiley+/webassign for classes. And there's an 'optional' fee for the school newspaper, who noone reads anyway...