Comment Comment by FireBringer Octave is good if you have to write matlab compatible code (or just like matlab and don't have access to it).The new kid on the block Julia[1] is actually pretty nice and as someone who has written a lot of matlab code is quite similar and easy to learn.If you don't need or want syntax similar to matlab python+scipy+numpy+matplotlib is pretty great.I was stuck with matlab for most of my work though because of simulink+control systems toolbox and preexisting codebase.[1]: http://julialang.org/ parent FireBringer 13 years ago
The new kid on the block Julia[1] is actually pretty nice and as someone who has written a lot of matlab code is quite similar and easy to learn.
If you don't need or want syntax similar to matlab python+scipy+numpy+matplotlib is pretty great.
I was stuck with matlab for most of my work though because of simulink+control systems toolbox and preexisting codebase.
[1]: http://julialang.org/