Why? Why is anything the case? Because it is. Because they are two different languages, with different capabilities, and different sets of people doing the implementations, with different priorities, different resources they are willing to allocate to any given target. Heck, maybe they just never thought of the idea. Were both languages identical in their abilities and syntax, we would all be using only one language. And yes, some might think that a good idea. I think it would make the world a boring place.
If you think this is truly something important and worth getting your knickers in a knot over, then your goal should be to contact MathWorks directly (NOT via Answers) and suggest it as a feature request. If you don't do that, then it suggests you are not really serious, and this is not something of true importance to you. So contact tech support.
