Please Switch to Python. Or R. Or Anything. Just Not Stata, SAS, SPSS, or Matlab
heterodoxjedi
12 points
5 comments
June 12, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
Alifatisk
I liked Matlab, I was so used to it. Then I switched job, which meant I could not keep the company license for it. At that point, I realized what proprietary, vendor lock-in meant. The Matlab snippets I had was now unusable to me, until I bought a license myself. I tried GNU Octave, but it felt half-baked.
calini
Go or bust.