Re: Re: Compatibility woes
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- Subject: [mg76092] Re: [mg76044] Re: [mg75986] Compatibility woes
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 05:27:22 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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In 6.0, you don't seem to need to load any package to use ToPackedArray. DrMajorBob wrote: > ToPackedArray is available after: > > << Developer` > > We're supposed to get the hint from the top-of-the-page heading that says > "Developer Package Symbol". > > Hopefully that works for EVERYTHING in help, if a Get or Needs statement > isn't shown? > > Bobby > > On Mon, 14 May 2007 02:49:02 -0500, Mark Adler <madler at alumni.caltech.edu> > wrote: > >> I have been using Mathematica since 1.0. For every new version or >> update, my previous notebooks have all worked without modification. >> >> Not so with Version 6. >> >> Of course, the first clue is that Mathematica offers to fix my old >> notebooks when I load them the first time. Get rid of semicolons >> after Plot[] and Show[], change Random[] to the new versions, that >> sort of thing. That's all somewhat annoying, but I suppose tolerable. >> >> Then it complains about old packages that, it says, will mess up the >> new graphics or other functions. So it complains about loading, for >> example, Graphics`Colors`. If I don't load it, I no longer have >> DeepSkyBlue, or PaleGreen used as plot line colors. If I do load it, >> I am allegedly at risk that something else will be screwed up. >> >> It can't find Developer`, so how do I get ToPackedArray[]? >> >> All in all, I am disturbed that after loading only a few notebooks, >> I've run into so many incompatibilities. I fear that I've only >> scratched the surface, and many more are laying in wait. >> >> What is the justification for this sudden and flagrant disregard for >> backward compatibility? >> >> Yes, I'm having fun playing with Manipulate[], but I'm wondering if I >> made a mistake to download the new version. >> >> Mark Adler >> >> >> > > > -- Murray Eisenberg murray at math.umass.edu Mathematics & Statistics Dept. Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H) University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W) 710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801 Amherst, MA 01003-9305
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