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Matlab is a commercial program used extensively in the scientific and business communities.  There are many reasons why it is very popular, including its interactive structure, clean syntax, and ability to interface with fast compiled languages, like C.  It also has many routines for signal and image processing, optimization, and visualization.  Python is a modern [...]

Python has matured to the point where it is a very powerful computational environment with flexibility that is unmatched by any commercial product. But this flexibility comes at the cost of a very fragmented install procedure. The default installation of python is feature poor and the needed features for computations are spread out over many [...]