[billfruit]

It requires Matlab for instance.

[Javantea_]

I completed the course with Octave, but yeah this language is a hurdle that people don't need.

[adonese]

back then, matlab was the thing

[goksankobe]

actually, Matlab is still the thing depending on the domain you are working with. I don't get the hate towards Matlab generally from CS people. Maybe because it's paid?

[billfruit]

Rather it is because it is a poorly suited language, in that isn't aware of modern programming approaches.