Re: Mathematica stole my X so I had to kill it
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- Subject: [mg37051] Re: Mathematica stole my X so I had to kill it
- From: Steven <hattons at speakeasy.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 05:25:14 -0400 (EDT)
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Bill Rowe wrote: > On 10/4/02 at 5:01 AM, djmp at earthlink.net (David Park) wrote: > >>Yes, there seems to be a lot of people who have a visceral hatred for >>Microsoft and Windows. They are even willing to "shed blood" to avoid >>Windows. But why? Windows works and you don't have to become a systems >>programmer. >> >>Furthermore, I think that Steven Wolfram uses some version of Windows. >>So guess which system Mathematica will be best tuned up for? > > If it is true Wolfram uses Mathematica on a Windows based machine my > experience is it doesn't translate to Mathematica running better on > Windows. I use Mathematica on WindowsNT and on a Mac (currently Mac OS X). > I have found Mathematica to be more stable on a Mac than on Windows. On > more than one occassion I've seen errors I made Mathematica code to crash > the entire machine under WindowsNT. I've never had this happen running > things on a Mac. I believe you hit the nail on the head. I suspect Dr. Wolfram is running on Mac. I have the feeling WRI is a clandestine Mac holdout. STH