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Wolfram Language (aka Mathematica) is the best for doing scientific computing with physical unit dimensions.

See: https://reference.wolfram.com/language/guide/Units.html

> The units framework [of Wolfram Language] integrates seamlessly with visualization, numeric and algebraic computation functions. It also supports dimensional analysis, as well as purely symbolic operations on quantities.

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Note that Mathematica units impose a very large runtime penalty, making them unsuitable for a lot of applications

The applications that are WL-units suitable are much more than the WL-units unsuitable ones you refer to.

It is true that I (and others) avoid using Wolfram Language (WL) units. Or try to get the computation expressions units-free as quickly as possible. But that is also a normal procedure when crafting computational workflows.

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