Same experience here. Mathematica is incredibly powerful. Manipulate[] is so far ahead of anything else alone. Plus the symbolic math, the insane amount of buil

Same experience here. Mathematica is incredibly powerful. Manipulate[] is so far ahead of anything else alone. Plus the symbolic math, the insane amount of built-in functions, the stunning visualizations... But the pricing is insane. Not in a thousand years would it be possible to afford Mathematica professionally or as a hobby. I had great fun with my student license for a year though.