I extensively used Matlab while I had to analyze large data files and analyze them and generate plots for my Masters thesis. I continue to use Matlab although I use F77 and Scilab as well. Matlab is a great processing tool and the quality of the plots it generates can not be done Scilab. It took me some time to get accustomed with Matlab but it is absolutely worth it. The mapping toolbox was a great add on that really helped me with the plots and they look really great for analysis that has temperature as a variable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Matlab could not handle some of the really large data files I had that were between 1 and 2.5 GB and will continuously fail to load some of them when I was calling more than a couple of them in a script and was trying to run some statistical analysis. I had to go back to Fortran and analyze the data with F77 and had to come back to matlab to generate plots. However, I will not hold that agaianst Matlab. I am not sure if anything other than FORTRAN would have handled such large data files. Having said that, F77 can not generate those cool graphics or plots that Matlab can. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.