In article <13kgqd76s74hq50@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Jon Harrop <usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Joe Strout wrote:
> > As a student, I used Mathematica for years and loved it. But now, I
no
> > longer qualify for an educational discount, but still have occasional
> > need (or desire) to do some math -- but the standard price ($2500) is
> > ridiculous, absolutely out of the question for me.
>
> I just found myself in the same boat because I have a lot of software
> written in Mathematica and the price here is even bigger (£2,000 which
is
> over US$4,000!).
>
> I'm just going to implement all of the functionality that I need myself
on
> top of OCaml and F# as these are the best languages currently available
> (IMHO).
Check out SAGE (based on the Python language and lots of open source
mathematical software). I have only played with it a little, but it is
free and very easy to install (no brainer, really). It appears to have
a nice interface through your browser and seems to cover a lot. Worth a
look. There is an online video lecture about SAGE. That gives you a
good idea of the system. Just google SAGE and Python.
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-- Lou Pecora
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