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ELI5: What is Matlab and what can it do for me that a programming lanugage can't already do?
I'll say that the one major advantage of Matlab is that it does linear algebra really well. Things like vector and matrix multiplication is blazing fast (hence Matrix Laboratory), and much easier to use than most other languages. It's much easier to tinker with a numeric implementation because of how well Matlab does high-level numeric computations. That being said though, I personally prefer Python. There are modules that basically give you all the functionality of Matlab (scipy, numpy, matplotlib), but you still get to have a real programming language with non-idiotic classes and proper string handling. More on reddit.com
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After long excruciating hours of trying to learn Matlab, how many of you out there are actually using this software at your current job every day?
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I’ve had constant migraines for the past week thanks to Matlab.
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I am a Electrical Technologist and have never touched Matlab. I designed a piece of machinery and we needed a Butterworth Digital Filter, and a collegue designed a program to get me the co-efficients for that said filter. I have had a few engineers boast about it it quite religeously but yet no one has explained to me the benefits of or what it can do.

Edit: Ok, I think I am getting it. It seems to me that it is a scripting lanuage to get the a mathematical task done on the fly without having to write/toubleshoot code. To me, it sounds like it doesn't have just one sole purpose in the end. For example like writing a program in C you get a finished product rather the goal with Matlab is to get an answer to the problem at hand. Correct me if I am wrong?

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I'll say that the one major advantage of Matlab is that it does linear algebra really well. Things like vector and matrix multiplication is blazing fast (hence Matrix Laboratory), and much easier to use than most other languages. It's much easier to tinker with a numeric implementation because of how well Matlab does high-level numeric computations. That being said though, I personally prefer Python. There are modules that basically give you all the functionality of Matlab (scipy, numpy, matplotlib), but you still get to have a real programming language with non-idiotic classes and proper string handling.
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The word "MATLAB" can be used to describe a bunch of things, which can get confusing if people aren't explicit about what they are referring to MATLAB can refer to any or all of these things: A programming language. Specifically a scripting language. The language is matrix-oriented, which makes matrix math very easy at the expense of making other stuff more difficult than comparable scripting languages. The programming language plus a core set of functions that come bundled with the programming language. These include basic mathematical operations, linear algebra, plotting, reading and writing common data types, and other similar basic tasks. Most scripting languages with half-decent numerical programming capabilities will offer similar functions these days. A software bundle that includes the language, the core set of functions, and a development environment for working with that language. The development environment is simple to use and provides some powerful tools for basic tasks like profiling, but lacks some more middle-level features like project management or advanced features code refactoring. The software bundle plus another programming language, Simulink. It is a graphical (flow-chart-style) programming language. It is extremely powerful for simulation and code generation tasks, and for those things there is really nothing available right now that can match it, although some languages can do parts of what it can do. It interacts closely with the MATLAB programming language. The software bundle plus a bunch of add-on libraries containing additional functions and data types for the MATLAB language, the Simulink language, or both. These have to be purchased separately, but cover a massive range of technical topics, and in a number of cases there is no adequate alternative in any other language. On the other hand, it lacks some libraries that many people might consider standard. As for what it can do that other programming languages can't, there are really two things. First, it has some sets of add-on functions that are not available in any other language, or are much more limited in other languages. Second, it has Simulink. You would really need to investigate the functions it offers (and doesn't) and the capabilities of Simulink to see if you would benefit from it. You also have to factor in the cost, and whether you will benefit enough from MATLAB to justify the cost.
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