Re: Mathematica programming language
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- Subject: [mg20144] Re: Mathematica programming language
- From: Harald Giese <giese at dkrz.de>
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 03:05:04 -0400
- Organization: Institut fuer Meereskunde, Universitaet Hamburg
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Shige Song wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am a new user of Mathematica, I just bought the student version > version 4.0. At first glance, the programing language is very different > from all the other language I know. I program in VB and Delphi, a little > bit in C, I also do some programming statistical packages like SAS and > Stata; but the Mathematica's syntax (and the philosophy) seems to be > totally different. > > Can anybody suggest some readings about programming in Mathematica from > a perspective of more traditional language, like those I listed above? > Does anybody want to share his experience (and feeling) of learning to > program in Mathematica? > > Thank you very much. > > Best, > > Shige Song > Department of Sociology, UCLA Hello! I found the following very usefull: Power Programming with Mathematica: The Kernel David B. Wagner (McGraw-Hill, 1996) See: http://store.wolfram.com/view/ISBN007912237X/?37F397E7-5F20 Regards, /Harald -- Harald Giese Email: giese at dkrz.de > NEUE TELEFON-NUMMER | NEW PHONE-NUMBER < Phone: +49 (0)40 42838 5796; Fax: +49 (0)40 5605724 Institut fuer Meereskunde der Universitaet Hamburg (Institute of Oceanography of the University of Hamburg) Troplowitzstrasse 7, D-22529 Hamburg