We actually do a lot of analysis work in Scheme - migrating from Python and Matlab. The science collection (<a href="http://planet.plt-scheme.org/display.ss?package=science.plt&owner=williams">http://planet.plt-scheme.org/display.ss?package=science.plt&owner=williams</a>) and PLot (that comes with PLT Scheme) are the basis for this. We also have some additional plotting and animation capabilities that aren't (yet) on PLaneT. I had hoped to mature the science collection into something I was calling Schemelab, which would be more MatLab-like, but work has gotten me back over on the agent-based simulation side again. Anyway, depending on what you're looking to do, much of the framework is there. I do wish it was more integrated, but it takes time. Doug <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Jason <<a href="mailto:jason.lillywhite@gmail.com">jason.lillywhite@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Anyone out there heard of someone using drscheme as an alternative to matlab? With some libraries and plotting ability, it seems it could work. I'll be starting an engineering programming class with a lab that uses matlab. I might try doing some of the assignments in DrScheme... _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: <a href="http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme" target="_blank">http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme</a> </blockquote></div>