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Would really like to see a comparison between this and Soulver (http://www.acqualia.com/soulver/ http://www.acqualia.com/soulver/). Most obvious differences are
by avolcano 13y ago
Would really like to see a comparison between this and Soulver (http://www.acqualia.com/soulver/ http://www.acqualia.com/soulver/). Most obvious differences are the lack of a two-column view and support for Markdown, as well as support for function definitions, which I'm pretty sure Soulver lacks.
- praeclarum 13y agoCalca takes ideas from Soulver and super sizes them: * Soulver allows free text editing within a line of computation; Calca allows free editing in the entire file * Both update as you type * Soulver understands arithmetic; Calca knows algebra, calculus, and algorithms * Soulver requires that all variables be defined; Calca does not * Soulver does not support user defined functions; to Calca, everything is a function * Soulver has no programming constructs; Calca is one step away from being a general purpose programming language. * Soulver does not support matrices; Calca does
- crux 13y agoOne feature that Soulver has that I would love to see in Calca is combinatorics - you can do x choose y in Soulver.
- praeclarum 13y agoDeveloper here, yep that was a bad omission. The worst part is I do that kind of math all the time! You can count on it showing up in updates either as a function or as syntax.