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[This followup was posted to comp.soft-sys.matlab and a copy was sent to 
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In article <1163347896.844506.325680@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>, 
wegwerp@gmail.com says...
> NZTideMan wrote:
> > J=E9r=F4me wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >  <http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/>
> > >  <http://www.scilab.org/>
> > >  <http://scipy.org/>
> > >
> > > J=E9r=F4me
> >
> > In addition to these, have a look at Python and in particular NumPy
> > (Numeric Python).
> > In NumPy there are add on's that make it look exactly like Matlab and
> > it's free.
> > http://www.python.org/
> 
> In fact, numpy is mainly the array structure and scipy contains the
> 'extensions'. One additional tool you need is matplotlib, which
> provides plotting similar to matlab. For a single distribution that
> contains everything (python+numpy+scipy+matplotlib+editors+...) look at
> 
> http://code.enthought.com/enthon/
> 
> In my opionion scilab and octave are both mediocre imitations of matlab
> (didn't check recently), which itself is a mediocre language for
> everything else than matrices. I personally find Python a very
> 'pleasant' language, which can be used for everything from websites to
> command line stuff. Allthough the matrix stuff is clearly bolted on
> later and is still not totally finished, I do see it as a good
> competitor for matlab in the near future. It is already used actively,
> for example, in the pipeline to process Hubble images.
> 
> Cheers, Bas
> 
> 
Might have a look at O-Matrix, www.omatrix.com.  Not free, but much less 
expensive, and faster than other commercial alternatives.