Belisarius Cawl
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Technically Matlab doesn't cost money>libraries cost money
Run away at C speeds
install.packages()
.That seems pretty reasonable compared to some of the shit I had to work on before: https://www.progress.com/openedge/features/ablTechnically Matlab doesn't cost money
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At least Matlab still appears to offer functionality that justifies its niche as crazy expensive proprietary software. For example, I've heard that Matlab's DSP functionality still doesn't have a real open source competitor yet. In the world of data science, SPSS has been on a long decline, its lead having been gobbled up by R and, more recently, Python. Here's pricing to put Paradox Interactive to shame:
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Looks like you have to pay extra for features that are in R's base or readily available withinstall.packages()
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DEFINE VARIABLE w AS HANDLE NO-UNDO.
CREATE WINDOW w ASSIGN
WIDTH = 50
HEIGHT = 5
MESSAGE-AREA = FALSE
STATUS-AREA = FALSE.
CURRENT-WINDOW = w.
DEFINE BUTTON btnOK LABEL "OK" SIZE 12 BY 1.2.
FORM
"Hello World!" VIEW-AS TEXT AT COL 20 ROW 2
btnOK AT COL 20 ROW 4
WITH FRAME f SIZE 50 BY 5 NO-BOX THREE-D.
VIEW FRAME f.
ENABLE btnOK WITH FRAME f.
WAIT-FOR "CHOOSE" OF btnOK.
DELETE OBJECT w.
mmmmm this is going to be the most delicious COBOLslop i've seen this month we eating good todayHorrible fucking language (Looks like SQL, isn't set based but cursor based)
is it ever encouraging to see that in any scenario? (except where it's some sort of service that always depends on a lot of unforeseeable factors)Distribution is strictly on a "contact us for pricing" basis.
this code is already so readable, it's almost exactly like english! i declare things as niggerlicious no-divine-intellect all the time!DEFINE VARIABLE w AS HANDLE NO-UNDO.
nice magic variable i assume it completely doesn't work and refuses to tell you why if you don't maintain this variable perfectlyCURRENT-WINDOW = w.
"three-d"WITH FRAME f SIZE 50 BY 5 NO-BOX THREE-D.
"what's a variable declaration?"VIEW FRAME f.
and this is the cherry on top. some of us like to talk about how every programming problem was solved by lisp programmers in the 60s as a funny joke, but this actually was solved by lisp programmers in the 60sDELETE OBJECT w.
Sadly, it's one of the nicer pieces of code written in that shit language. If you ever have to aggregate data from multiple tables, or access multiple rows of one table at once, the gun starts to look quite tasty.mmmmm this is going to be the most delicious COBOLslop i've seen this month we eating good today
is it ever encouraging to see that in any scenario? (except where it's some sort of service that always depends on a lot of unforeseeable factors)
this code is already so readable, it's almost exactly like english! i declare things as niggerlicious no-divine-intellect all the time!
nice magic variable i assume it completely doesn't work and refuses to tell you why if you don't maintain this variable perfectly
"three-d"
ah, it's so readable and easy to understand, because it's spelled out! such brilliant language design
"what's a variable declaration?"
at least this method makes it highly readable, since it's in english! i know exactly what it does: either creates a frame and views it or creates a frame that can view (as opposed to a frame that can't view) or maybe something completely different
and this is the cherry on top. some of us like to talk about how every programming problem was solved by lisp programmers in the 60s as a funny joke, but this actually was solved by lisp programmers in the 60s
of course maybe it's like that because every variable in the language has to be "in the database"
Is Mathematica any goodI dare you to find a single proprietary language that isn't an unusable turd straight out of hell, missing basic features from 1980 while thereferencesole implementation is full of bugs that never get fixed. "Proprietary language" is the reddest of flags for any software, it emits pure 625nm EM radiation.