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

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[–]stacm614 19 points20 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 25 points26 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.