On Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 01:38:49PM +1200, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
So MATLAB users are moving away from the language (and toolkit?) in favour of other tools <https://www.infoworld.com/article/4207496/matlab-programming-language-sinking-in-popularity.html>.
Yes, proprietary languages and toolkits are a lot less attractive these days, given the embarrassment of riches available in the open-source world. MATLAB was probably good enough at the time for its original use (matrix manipulation), but take advice from someone who had to do programming work in that language (for pay, yet): *stay well away* from the GUI-toolkit API, if you can help it.
It was a long time ago, but I still get the shakes thinking about it
I use Matlab quite a lot mainly for numerical computing. But I have to admit they have really screwed up the 2025 version and the GUI, IMHO, is a disaster. Mind you, I have always programmed Matlab using emacs and normally reduce the GUI down to the command line window only. But the lastest version is a shocker that even ruins that experience, and for the first time ever I am wondering whether to move to other tools. One of my colleagues has always thought well of Julia but has never fully switch to it because it is still lacking in features. Cheers, Michael.