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- From: bryan@kolsky.tamu.edu (Bryan Milligan)
- Newsgroups: sci.math.symbolic
- Subject: Re: Maple V Release 2 (was Re: Derive)
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- Date: 22 Dec 92 17:06:59 GMT
- References: <1992Dec21.143617.28533@math.toronto.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec21.143617.28533@math.toronto.edu>
- madore@math.toronto.edu (Blair F. Madore) writes:
- > MathCAD is a great product that was primarily numerical at first.
- > Now it has some good symbolics. If you're primarily interested in
- > symbolics
- > of course it's not the package for you. But many average users
- > with minimal symbolic requirements will find MathCAD the tool of choice.
-
- I found it to be too slow on user input. (Type, type,type,
- wait for the characters to appear on the screen. Repeat.) I also found
- their upgrade policies a little expensive. If you have minimal
- symbolic requirments, use Derive.
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