DQ,

Matlab is great. I really like it because it is fast and flexible. You can almost do everything with its toolboxes.

Here is a link for speed comparison among several languages: http://www.sciviews.org/benchmark/index.html

On 6/15/06, Daqing Zhao <dlouiszhao@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I have been using SAS/base/stat, as well as weka, R, to analyze web logs. I > was at a party and someone from biology background working on microarray > analysis, recommended MatLab. I wonder if someone on this list have insights > on the comparisons, if I am missing something in capability or productivity, > and if I need to convince my boss to buy Matlab. > > Thanks, > > Daqing >

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