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From: Maarten van Reeuwijk <maarten@remove_this_ws.tn.tudelft.nl>
Subject: Re: About alternatives to Matlab
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sturlamolden wrote:

> Sorry Mathworks, I have used your product for years, but you cannot
> compete with NumPy.

Funny. I went exactly the other way. Had a full OO postprocessing library
for Python/Scipy/HDF etc which worked brilliantly. Then changed to a 64 bit
machine and spent three days trying to install all the additional libraries
that I had become dependent on over the year. In the end, I gave up
completely frustrated (something to do with a Fortran compiler in
combination with SciPy or something). Then I tried MATLAB  and was
completely delighted that there was a program with all MY batteries
included :-).

BTW, I have the impression that MATLAB and SciPy have about the same
performance.

Cheers, Maarten
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Maarten van Reeuwijk                    dept. of Multiscale Physics
Phd student                             Faculty of Applied Sciences
maarten.vanreeuwijk.net              Delft University of Technology