Which one among the two languages is good for statistical analysis? What are the pros and cons, other than accessibility, for each?
解决方案
MATLAB
Good for beginners
Good for interactive sessions
Python (with SciPy)
Good for slightly experienced programmers
Good for creating reusable applications
Good for reading and exporting data files
Free of cost
If SciPy doesn't provide all the functionality out of the box, then you may have to go searching on the Internet. I am not an expert on geostatistics, but here is a mail with some starting pointers.
http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/scipy-user/2007-November/014434.html
I also heard that Python + R is good, but I haven't tried it.
EDIT: Add link to Python + R: http://rpy.sourceforge.net/