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let you access EEG data structures. If you want to access some information, such as channel coordinates,
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you need to dig through the MNE code in the hope of finding the non-documented method that will return
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this information.
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- - ** Where are my libraries?** Python usually requires the user to install multiple external
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- libraries; this can be tedious and does not come naturally to
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- novices. Even experienced users sometimes spend hours getting their
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- library settings right. There are also other technical problems
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- related to the operating system and library compatibility that can take
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- hours or days to solve (we speak from experience).
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- ** Matrix for dummies!** It is hard to understand for novices why an n-size vector should be
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indexed, beginning at 0 and ending at n-1 (in MATLAB and R, vectors
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begin at position 1 and end at n). Matrix manipulation in Python is not as intuitive as MATLAB. For
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since January 1, 2020, is still widely used because a large number
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of Python libraries are not available in Python 3 -- leading to all
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kinds of unexpected problems that can slow down a novice
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- programmer. Python version libraries stability across platforms
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- can also be a headache.
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+ programmer.
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+ - ** Where are my libraries?** Python usually requires the user to install multiple external
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+ libraries; this can be tedious and does not come naturally to
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+ novices. Even experienced users sometimes spend hours getting their
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+ library settings right. There are also other technical problems
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+ related to the operating system and library compatibility that can take
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+ hours or days to solve (we speak from experience). Python version libraries' stability across platforms
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+ can also be a headache -- sometimes, you even have multiple libraries to do the same thing.
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- ** But Python is free.** Why should I have to pay for MATLAB? Good conduct in
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(open) science should transcend discussions on finances. We pay for
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Microsoft or Adobe licenses because the free alternative, even
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