&gt;trying to oust Matlab for 31 years or so.<p>Apparently Python is having some success there <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.mikiobraun.de&#x2F;2013&#x2F;11&#x2F;how-python-became-the-language-of-choice-for-data-science.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.mikiobraun.de&#x2F;2013&#x2F;11&#x2F;how-python-became-the-lang...</a>