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Message started by Random on 01/02/09 at 14:09:27

Title: R vs. MatLab
Post by Random on 01/02/09 at 14:09:27

Aside from cost, which do you prefer to use and why?

Title: Re: R vs. MatLab
Post by Co0olCat on 01/02/09 at 21:56:14

I used to prototype in Matlab. One can use Octave as an opensource equivalent to Matlab 6.
After I was introduced to R it took me a while to accept R. My main problem was basically non-existent debugging facility in R. You will need to work out your own tricks. This is much better organized in Matlab.
The main advantage of R is its open source. You can see every function. And there are thousands of them. Most of them are wrapped C/C++ programs. Almost any econometric and statistical procedure is represented in R.
Now my weapon of choice is R (Matlab is for amateurs 8)

Title: Re: R vs. MatLab
Post by Yury R on 01/03/09 at 15:08:44

Mathematica rules!

Title: Re: R vs. MatLab
Post by Algo Designer on 01/04/09 at 23:53:43

qroach wrote on 01/03/09 at 15:08:44:

Mathematica rules!

I fully agree with you there. It's excellent for prototyping.