I would classify this as a matlab alternative. Plot stuff. Do Matrix calculations with direct (syntax) support in the programming language.
Personally, I’d rather use Python with matplotlib when I need to plot stuff, but Octave is great if you have to deal with Matlab code!
Matlab is also awful about licensing. I took a Matlab class in college and we used gnu octave instead of the real thing. Works just as good, it’s just slightly different syntax.
GNU Octave is great when reviving old Matlab projects! I only wish for something similar to Simulink
Used it for a ML MOOC a long time ago. Switched to Python/Numpy for better general programming features. Numpy has pretty good syntax for matrix computation, IMO.
Now that is a name I have not heard in a long time. Mostly due to the decline in Matlab.
yeah; python and numpy won the wars I guess.
It’s easy to win a war when your enemy is strangling themselves to death.
SageMath is my go to for heavy math.
See also https://maxima.sourceforge.io/
This was my go to software for experimenting with linear algebra etc. Haven’t had the need recently though.
