Re: Mathematica 4.0
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- Subject: [mg74327] Re: Mathematica 4.0
- From: "Drago Ganic" <dganic at vodatel.net>
- Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:55:40 -0500 (EST)
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Hi, Version 4 was much faster than 3.0 and was also the first major version where assumption technology was introduced. But, for example the Mathematica Book wasn't changed so much. I think it was the minor of all major versions in terms of changes to the end user. To me, the biggest changes where 3.0 and 5.1. If you have 3.0 I suggest to stick to it and change to 6.0 which should be a huge improvement (something like 3.0 or even bigger). Greetings, Drago "dimitris" <dimmechan at yahoo.com> wrote in message news:etikqh$j8m$1 at smc.vnet.net... >I will add to Chris's reply that version 3 was like a revolution > compare to 2.2 for example. > This evolution was not so advanced (in my point of view!) from version > 3 to version 4. > > A good book mentioning the changes taken place in versions 3 and 4 is > the > Beginer's Guide to Mathematica version 4 by Glynn and Gray. > > Also you can take a look in the following links > > http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/newin4/ > http://www.wolfram.com/products/mathematica/newin4/new_list.html > > However to answer your question completely you have to point out your > major area of applications and in what degree you used Mathematica. > > For example if you are interested in numerical > computations in version 4 the introduction of packed arrays took place > resulting > in considerable decrease in computations timings. > > > Kind Regards > Dimitris > > > =CF/=C7 Thomas Dickens =DD=E3=F1=E1=F8=E5: >> Hi, >> >> I use Mathematica 3.0 at home. I can't afford to buy 5.2, but have >> noticed a copy of 4.0 for sale. Are the differences between 3..0 -> >> 4.0 worthwhile? >> >> I know this is a question with no single answer, I just wanted some >> opinions! >> >> Thanks, >> Tom > >