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Re:How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia by dagw on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @03:10AM (#10742964)
The Matlab GUI and tooling is a buggy and unpolished Java turd from the 90s which fits in poorly with any modern operating system.

And yet every time I try to get Matlab users to use something else (Python or Julia) the one thing they almost immediately complain about is the lack of a GUI IDE as good as the Matlab one.

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Re:How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia by dr_zoidberg on Thursday December 17, 2015 @08:37AM (#10751352)
> And yet every time I try to get Matlab users to use something else (Python or Julia) the one thing they almost immediately complain about is the lack of a GUI IDE as good as the Matlab one.

Pycharm[0] has become my prefered Python IDE about 2 years ago (when they went free commmunity/pay for pro) and it's a way better environment than MATLAB. It now has "Scientific tools" too[1], and I understand some good features, though I haven't used them yet.

The only good thing I still recognize of MATLAB is that most toolboxes work together without (too much?) hacking. Working with Python/NumPy you eventually find stuff that you need to adjust to work with that other library you just found implements that thing you absolutely need.

[0] https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/

[1] https://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/features/scientific_tools....

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Re:How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia by skierscott on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @11:26AM (#10745278)
> And yet every time I try to get Matlab users to use something else (Python or Julia) the one thing they almost immediately complain about is the lack of a GUI IDE as good as the Matlab one.

Spyder offers a similar environment. It has a variable explorer, script editor, console, etc all in one window (which I think is what matlab users are looking for).

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Re:How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia by MagnumOpus on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @12:29PM (#10745759)
It's not just that - it is also the extremely extensive and comprehensive documentation of every function (integrated in the GUI), and the powerful profiler (integrated in the GUI), and the charting (integrated in the GUI)...
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Re:How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia by pkofod on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @03:46AM (#10743077)
Well, they're probably not Linux (Ubuntu only problems perhaps?) users then. Matlab crashes again and again, locking up my entire computer, so I have to hard reset it. It happens so frequently that I simply had to install Windows on my computer, and boot up in that when I need to work on a project where my collaborators voted for Matlab.
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Re:How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia by jarvic on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @08:43AM (#10744160)
I run MATLAB on Ubuntu 14.04 every day and have never had any of the issues you're describing. Are you sure there isn't something else going on there?
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Re:How to Make Python Run as Fast as Julia by pkofod on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @09:13AM (#10744331)
It must be then. I had a student doing a term paper with the exact same problem. Often plotting related, but not necessarily. Havn't been able to find a solution myself, or online.
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