Re: Comparison between Mathematica and other symbolic systems
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- Subject: [mg92570] Re: Comparison between Mathematica and other symbolic systems
- From: PaulDj <pauldj6 at gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 04:13:19 -0400 (EDT)
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On Oct 3, 12:41 pm, Albert Retey <a... at gmx-topmail.de> wrote: > Hi, > > > As part of a presentation to students, I will have to support the > > claim that "Mathematica is better than other systems when it comes to > > symbolic computations". > > isn't this quite a stupid claim? Albert, yes it is, but that's an edited version, necessary for the post to appear on this list. Still, I have to disagree with you, as only a minority of the users switch from system to another depending on their needs. Most of us probably master one or at most two systems. That's it. Paolo