14 Aug
2014
14 Aug
'14
4:54 p.m.
Mathematica is unreadable. I simply ignore Mathematica code in the math-fun posts. I'll use Sage as far as possible, and would consider buying the student version of Maple. Now, Macsyma was a complete winner. But due to a very bad decision, it is now being held hostage, and no reasonable person would pay the ransom for its release. -- Gene
________________________________ From: Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> To: Eugene Salamin <gene_salamin@yahoo.com>; math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 3:14 PM Subject: Mathematica
Is it just my imagination, or is Mathematica syntax between 5 and 100 times as clunky as it needs to be?
Sometimes I feel it's like programming with Cobol^Cobol.
--Dan