Re: Fyi, Listing of Mathematica 7 functions (1869 functions)
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- Subject: [mg104955] Re: Fyi, Listing of Mathematica 7 functions (1869 functions)
- From: "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma at 12000.org>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:54:06 -0500 (EST)
ref (me) > I obtain 1869 functions. > > Since what I find is somewhat less what it is supposed to be (close to > 2,500) according to WRI blog I think I know why I get less number. I am only looking at the System Context functions. There are other packages that come with Mathematica which I am not counting when looking at the System context and the blog above must have done that. Packages such as VectorAnalysis, Quaternions Package, Developer, Experimental, JLink, GraphEdit and more which have to be loaded. I suspect that the total shown in Wolfram blog must have counted all those functions as well. This must have added another 600 functions or so. If I know exactly the list of packages, I could add them and run the same process I did for the System Context to obtain the complete list. ps. I found the file Usage.m sitting in Mathematica 7 installation folder, C:\Program Files\Wolfram Research\Mathematica\7.0\SystemFiles\Kernel\TextResources\English\Usage.m which actually contain Usage messages although it seems some of those messages are not just for System functions, so I did not use this file.(When I parsed it for Functions[], I get different total than with the current method I am using). --Nasser "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma at 12000.org> wrote in message news:... > I've update my Mathematica history table with a new listing of Mathematica > 7 functions (not just the symbols). > These are anything in Mathematica System context which has the form > name[...] > > I want to thank John Fultz for his hint in another posting in this > newsgroup to use the Usage message from ? and look for anything that > starts with this pattern. > > I obtain 1869 functions. > > Since what I find is somewhat less what it is supposed to be (close to > 2,500) according to WRI blog here > http://blog.wolfram.com/2008/11/18/surprise-mathematica-70-released-today/ > > I could only suggest as one of the following for this difference: > > 1. I have a bug in my processing of the usage messages and parsing it. > > 2. There are more functions that have a usage message which do not follow > the patten which starts by name[..]. Notice that the "name" must start at > the first position of the line. If it does it, the line is not matched. > > 3. I count the function one time, even though its usage message can list > the function more than one time due to different number of arguments it > can be called with. (for example ?BarChart will show 3 usage message, I > count this one time ofcourse). > > I have put the complete listing, and described how I did this in the > notebook in the table page here > http://12000.org/my_notes/compare_mathematica/index.htm > > Look for the column which says "Number of functions and Listing of > Mathematica functions generated using the message usage method" > > If you think there is problem with how I am doing this, please let me > know, and I will fix it. > > Too many functions, too little time ! > > --Nasser >