Colleagues: Another country is heard from: Since no one has mentioned MATLAB, let me mention it. --Can easily do any math from 2+2 to matrix SVD etc. --Statistics toolbox does most of what anyone would want. --Lots of easy quick graphics that can be prettied up if needed. --If you know FORTRAN, you already know most of the syntax. --Reasonably easy to write quickies, can also run large calculations quite fast, can even run some stuff on GPUs now. --Largely, not entirely, backwards compatible to earlier versions. --Available for Linux, MAC, Windows. --Great tech support and online help. Disadvantages: --It is not free. --Not so great for text manipulation operations. --Takes a while to learn, so not good for one quickie, but well worth the time to learn it in the long run.
George Reeke
