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jea@cvs.rochester.edu:
>I have never used MATLAB but I use Splus quite a bit.
>Can anyone out there with experience using both
>describe what MATLAB might be better at doing than
>Splus? In other words, can MATLAB perform any matrix
>operations more easily than S?

I tend to use Matlab when I need something that is clearly solveable
as a Matrix problem.  Matlab lacks the ability to deal with more than
two subscripts and lacks the list and data.frame object types, which
are required for some of my work.  There are a few statistical functions
in Matlab, but not very many.  It has much better strengths in its toolboxes
for dealing with signal processing and such like.  I started using it
before I started with S/Splus, so of course I tend to like it better.
The fact that I learned Splus indicates that there are needs I had that
were not met by Matlab (primarily dealing with data types other than
rectangular arrays), but the fact that I go back is some evidence that
Matlab does rectangular arrays better.

		Bruce Wilson (bewilson@kodak.com)