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Compared to what? What about the docker image? It’s effectively a development environment for math, and it’s seemingly robust. It doesn’t seem particularly wast
by __ryan__ 4y ago
Compared to what? What about the docker image? It’s effectively a development environment for math, and it’s seemingly robust. It doesn’t seem particularly wasteful in its use of dependencies specifically has the goal of interfacing with other open source tools. Rolling their own X for everything rather than using the de-facto third party libraries seems like a fine, manageable choice to me.
- nsxwolf 4y agoCompared to Mathematica, which has an installer, and a cloud version. Docker image does sound useful, for a more technical user.
- indymike 4y agoExpecting a project like this to come out of the box with the polish of a decades old tool isn't quite fair is it?
- BrenBarn 4y agoBut if it doesn't, then it's not really an alternative to Mathematica.
- aussieshibe 4y agoThat's quite subjective. To someone with no money to spend, Mathematica isnt really an alternative to Mathics.
- __ryan__ 4y agoIs a pen not an alternative to a pencil? Different features and tradeoffs; it depends on preference and context. If anything it’s less of an alternative if there’s no differences, otherwise it would be byte-for-byte Mathematica and you’d be unable to choose between the two.
- indymike 4y agoPerhaps it isn't for some things or if you can't install it. But that's really dependent on use case and user, isn't it?
- nsxwolf 4y agoWell, I bought Mathematica decades ago, from the university book store. It came in a box and had an installer.
- __ryan__ 4y agoThen it’s an alternative for technical users.