Re: Mathematica Programming Reference Recommendation
- To: mathgroup at christensen.cybernetics.net
- Subject: [mg1005] Re: Mathematica Programming Reference Recommendation
- From: rubin at msu.edu (Paul A. Rubin)
- Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 05:18:28 -0400
- Organization: Michigan State University
In article <3o6sha$pjb at news0.cybernetics.net>, dale at pegasus.cuc.ab.ca wrote: ->I'm looking for a Mathematica programming text and have 3 from which to choose. Does ->one go more highly recommended than the others? I would be happy to hear from anyone ->that can recommend any of these (or others). I'm quite familiar with general ->programming principles, but haven't done any Mathematica programming. -> ->* Richard J. Gaylord, Samuel N. Kamin, and Paul R. Wellin: Introduction to ->Programming with Mathematica ->* John W. Gray: Mastering Mathematica: Programming Methods and Applications ->* Roman Maeder: Programming in Mathematica Second Edition -> ->Thanks, ->Dale ->--- ->Dale Brisinda Email: brisinda at cpsc.ucalgary.ca ->Graduate Student NeXTmail: dale at pegasus.cuc.ab.ca ->Department of Computer Science Tel: (403) 220-7687 ->University of Calgary Fax: (403) 281-5242 -> ->http://www.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/~brisinda/home.html ->PGP Public Key: `finger -l brisinda at cpsc.ucalgary.ca' I can't speak to the first two books, but I used Maeder's book (after reading the Holy Writ of Mathematica cover to cover first, of course). Maeder's book helped me significantly improve my understanding of programming issues, specifically contexts and packaging. Paul ************************************************************************** * Paul A. Rubin Phone: (517) 432-3509 * * Department of Management Fax: (517) 432-1111 * * Eli Broad Graduate School of Management Net: RUBIN at MSU.EDU * * Michigan State University * * East Lansing, MI 48824-1122 (USA) * ************************************************************************** Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whenever you say something to them, they translate it into their own language, and at once it is something entirely different. J. W. v. GOETHE