Re: OT QUERY: Mathematica versus Maple.
From: Eamer (eamer_at_digitalme.com)
Date: 07/20/04
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Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:18:26 +0900
Curt Fischer wrote:
> mirror wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>This is way OT but this group is so damned smart and wide-ranging.
>>
>>I'm interested in a math program on steroids and Mathematica and
>>Maple fit. Do any of you suggest one over the other and how come?
>>
>>Many thanks.
>
>
> I suggest Mathematica. I haven't used Maple much, but from talking with
> friends, Mathematica knows more integrals than Maple, is better at
> simplifying algebraic expressions, and has more powerful pattern matching
> and functional programming capabilities. It also uses arbitrary-precision
> numbers in numerical calculations. (Maple may do this as well, I'm not
> sure.) Also, the syntax is more intuitive than Maple, at least in my view
> (which is admittedly biased).
I'm not sure if Mathematica's syntax is more intuitive than Maple (but
its programming language is certainly more powerful). I have tried to
teach a few friends to program in Mathematica and some of them
apparently had a hard time grasping the concepts. But how quirky you
find Mathematica probably depends on whether you have some experience
with functional and logical languages (not to say your experience with
C, Java and the like won't help) so I can't speak for everyone.
Anyway, I'm with Curt in suggesting Mathematica. The biggest drawback is
its price, but here's good news if you're a student. They have a student
license version and you can get your hands on a fully-functional product
with very few restrictions for ($B$$$/$i$+CN$j$^$;$s$,!"$^$"0B$$CMCJ(B) and
it's definitely worth it.
eamer
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