Re: Mathematica Vs. Matlab

From: AZ (atazad02_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/16/04 

Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 00:21:38 GMT

Thanks for all your comments, but I still have not seen any tangible pros
and cons list for Mathematica Vs. Matlab, anyone care to comment on
Strengths, weaknesses, etc.. of these tools?
thanks for your help!

"Richard Fateman" <rfateman@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:P2QTc.3848$QJ3.1301@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com...
> Frankly, you don't give enough information. But that may be
> irrelevant.
>
> 1. If you are a student, ask your teachers to recommend what would be
> best for you to learn in your various courses. You might even get a free
> copy of the software.
>
> 2. If you are a professional of some sort, ask colleagues what
> they use.
>
> 3. If you are just curious, try a search engine for comments.
>
> The fact that you are asking a question about a computer algebra system
> and a (primarily) numerical computation system (although Mathlab has
> some symbolic capabilities via its Maple toolbox), suggests you have
> no need for any of the symbolic capabilities of Mathematica. This could
> however, be incorrect.
>
> There are some pretty scathing criticisms of Mathematica around. Matlab
> is less ambitious (but perhaps capable enough for you), and so does
> not expose itself to such a range of criticisms.
>
> AZ wrote:
>
> ><snip>
>
> > Q) Between Mathematica and Matlab, which is more suitable for this
purpose?
>

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