[maybelsyrup]

I know little about Matlab, but I know a lot about SAS, where it's the default analytical environment in public health practice and research. SAS is trash, and a ripoff to boot. R has made good inroads, giving SAS a tiny bit of pressure, but frankly it needs more. Bring on Julia! And python and anything else.

[xiaodai]

that's why SAS developed Viya so you can run Python and R code.