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How does it compare to Mathematica?
by amw-zero 6y ago
How does it compare to Mathematica?
- BeetleB 6y agoNothing compares to Mathematica, unfortunately. Mathematica really is the best, if you can afford it.
- williamstein 6y agoMore realistically. Mathematica is the best at some things, but is hopelessly behind in others (e.g. algebraic number theory and group theory). Computational mathematics is deep and vast.
- BeetleB 6y agoWell, I can't argue with the Father of Sage :-) A bit surprised to hear that, though. Do you mean Sage is better in algebraic number theory as a whole, or is it more of some aspects are better with Sage and others with Mathematica? Any one done a writeup comparing the strengths of Sage w.r.t Mathematica/Maple/etc? (In detail, not just big picture).
- enriquto 6y agoThere was a "mock" mathematica a few years ago called "mathomatica" which was the mathematica language implemented in common lisp (if I recall correctly). It was a pleasure to use and a drop-in replacement of the language (but not for all the standard library of functions). Unfortunately, they god bullied to death and its trace is almost gone. The author just wanted to prove a point "you are so damn crazy by that silly language that anybody can re-implement in a few hundred lines of lisp", and once his point was proven he did not want to pursue it any further. And here we are. EDIT: got some names wrong, here's a possible starting point for this rabbit hole https://def.fe.up.pt/pipermail/maxima-discuss/2009/029211.html https://def.fe.up.pt/pipermail/maxima-discuss/2009/029211.ht...