[Numpy-discussion] matlab vs. python question

[Robert Kern]

Neal Becker wrote:
> I'm perfectly happy with python myself, but I wonder if anyone has good
> arguments for why to prefer python over matlab?

The things that I get annoyed with every time I have to read some Matlab code
are the lack of namespaces and first-class function objects.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
  -- Umberto Eco