general
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg79235] general
- From: dimitris <dimmechan at yahoo.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:37:36 -0400 (EDT)
A couple of times I have talked for the
function called convert of another CAS.
One of its (many!) uses is
convert("Mathematica Code",FromMma);
I like very much this feature.
Experementing to find cases that the conversion fails
one of the examples I tried was
convert("SeedRandom[100]",FromMma);
randomize(100)
randomize does exactly what SeedRandom does in Mathematica.
The other CAS is the major competitor of Mathematica
in non-free symbolic programs.
I am very impressed however by the fact that one of
the major built in functions of this CAS support such
a convention!
I understand that each company (WRI for Mathematica)
has its own policy but I would like to hear your comments
on this issue (if any!)
Dimitris S.A.