Re: Re: Comparison between Mathematica and other symbolic
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- Subject: [mg92567] Re: [mg92564] Re: Comparison between Mathematica and other symbolic
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 04:12:47 -0400 (EDT)
- Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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And "remember how to use it between infrequent uses" is a good criterion to note when comparing the long-to-type Mathematica names of functions, on the one hand, and the terse but often cryptic names of functions in some other systems. AES wrote: > In article <gc7fsf$eo7$1 at smc.vnet.net>, > Bill Rowe <readnews at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> On 10/3/08 at 6:41 AM, awnl at gmx-topmail.de (Albert Retey) wrote: >> >>> When choosing a system, I think one needs to answer these questions: >>> 1) can the system solve the problem at hand >>> 2) how much effort is it to feed the problem to the system >>> 3) how efficient is the system in calculating the solution >> Which really says 2) is the most important consideration. But I >> would expand 2) to be the amount of time to input the problem >> *and* verify the input has been done correctly. In my >> experience, the time to verify/debug input is by far where most >> of the effort is spent. > > No mention at all of "how easy it is to learn to use the system" (and > remember how to use it between infrequent uses) ?!?!?!? > -- 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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- Re: Comparison between Mathematica and other symbolic systems