New Mathematica 4.2 Delivers XML and Java Functionality
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- Subject: [mg35142] New Mathematica 4.2 Delivers XML and Java Functionality
- From: newsdesk at wolfram.com (Wolfram Research)
- Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 19:55:47 -0400 (EDT)
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Mathematica 4.2 from Wolfram Research, Inc. is the first technical computing system with full XML support and seamless Java integration. Now users can access any Java program from within Mathematica and work directly with XML data and documents. Version 4.2 also brings important advancements in linear programming, statistics, optimization, combinatorics, graph theory, and technical publishing. The built-in Java Runtime Environment and J/Link 2.0 give developers an easy way to mix Mathematica and Java code right out of the box. You can now use Java with the same ease as the built-in Mathematica programming language, whether you want to build graphical user interfaces to Mathematica using AWT and Swing graphical user interface components, or connect to your enterprise database using JDBC. Version 4.2 also marks the beginning of the XML era at Wolfram Research by offering support for import, export, and symbolic manipulation of XML documents and data. In conjunction with a major focus on technical publishing in this version, Mathematica now includes XML extensions that let users save notebooks and Mathematica expressions as XML constructs and adds support for XHTML and MathML 2.0, the emerging standard for mathematics on the web. Mathematica 4.2 also includes a new AuthorTools package and a slide show environment that make preparing notebooks for presentations and online and print publication much easier. Although an increasing number of customers are using Mathematica in nontraditional ways--as a metaprogramming tool, for document processing, or as a deployment mechanism--Wolfram Research is still committed to its core competency in technical computing. Mathematica 4.2 contains the largest collection of mathematical algorithms worldwide and is the only major technical computing system that includes state-of-the-art technology for global optimization, combinatorics, and graph theory in the core product. For a full list of new features and enhancements in Mathematica 4.2, visit: http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/newin42