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Replacing Matlab with Python in engineering seems like a very bad idea, given Python's poor performance. Matlab (and most Python) packages get around this by coding everything in C++, then just having users call that C++ code. But then you have to code in C++, which is expensive.

Julia would probably be a better solution for this use case.

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The performance of matlab/Python the traditional engineering world isn’t relevant though, its just for modeling/simulation, it never runs in live systems. It’s way cheaper to just buy a faster machine then to try and retrain a mechanical engineer who learned matlab in college on Julia, at least for now.

Matlab isn't exactly fast, and the same technique is used for python modules.

The problem isn't performance, it's that matlab is a single click install of everything and an ide that takes care of everything for you. By comparison, managing a python environment is a nightmare.

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