<p dir="ltr">Thanks for the reply</p>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 27, 2016 3:36 AM, "René Grognard" <<a href="mailto:dositheus41@gmail.com">dositheus41@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Also there is an army of people ready to answer your questions for free!</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 3:56 AM, Tim Wescott <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tim@wescottdesign.com" target="_blank">tim@wescottdesign.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">It's free (as in beer)<br>
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It's free (as in open source)<br>
<br>
It has a much better system of data typing (although as a dedicated C++<br>
programmer, IMHO it could be better).<br>
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Any language that includes transfer functions as a native type is, IMHO,<br>
excellent.<br>
<br>
Because it is free and free, not only does one not have to pay as much<br>
as a nice car to have it, one is not also constantly struggling with<br>
stupid license issues. Matlab either binds you to one computer or puts<br>
demands on your IT team to implement a floating license. Scilab just<br>
lets you use it.<br>
<br>
As a consultant, I can use Scilab without worrying if my customer has a<br>
license. Were I to use Matlab, not only would I be constrained in<br>
trading work back and forth, but I'd have to make sure that I never used<br>
a toolbox (more $$$) that my customer did not have.<br>
<br>
Matlab seems to have more comprehensive tool boxes and pre-packaged<br>
solutions. But, I'm deeply suspicious of pre-packaged solutions for the<br>
same reasons I'm suspicious of experts who won't explain their methods:<br>
"you can trust me because I'm expensive" does not constitute a good<br>
reason for me to use a result, and that's basically the implied promise<br>
of a Matlab toolbox.<br>
<br>
If Matlab were free, I'd still use Scilab -- Scilab is just better.<br>
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On Mon, 2016-09-26 at 15:20 +0100, Chijioke Kenechukwu wrote:<br>
> What is the advantage of scilab over matlab<br>
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