Why is MATLAB officially written with capitalized letters?

The name is short for "Matrix Laboratory", and I therefore find "MatLab" to be the logical choice of capitalizing.

[Adam]

Because reasons!

Answer 1

[Cedric]

I usually write it MATLAb for teasing people with OCD .. and I invariably end up correcting it frantically a few minutes later so I can restart breathing .. as the World is finally stable again, ordered, and parallel like my pencils ...

[André Pedersen]

^lmao

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

MATLAB was styled on FORTRAN in the late 1970s. FORTRAN was not renamed to Fortran until 1990.

Reference: https://www.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/articles/the-origins-of-matlab.html

Answer 3

[Christoph F.]

Because it's a trademark (and hence should be recognizable)?

Answer 4

[Stephen23]

Because it is such a capital product.

[Stephen23]

(For those not aware of the british adjective capital:

)

Answer 5

[Jan]

It is simply a question of taste. The MathWorks decided to print it in capitals.

MAtLab: Cleve M oler at lab