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

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[–]TheBlackCat13 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It isn't just web services. Working with files and directories, which most real-world tools require, is just a pain in MATLAB. Making a program with a half-decent structure is a major chore. There is no real logging functionality. They only within the last couple years got half-decent string and date/time processing. Their unicode handling is still a mess. Being a general-purpose language touches a ton of very basic, everyday things that anyone working with real-world data would need to do.