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Subject: Numerical programming (was: Overloading Operators: Extension to
              Language)
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Date: 21 Oct 89 01:41:31 GMT
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>From mrys Fri Oct 20 13:42:47 MET 1989 remote from ethz
>Organization: ETH Zuerich, Switzerland


Sorry that I couldn't resist, but why aren't you using a language like
APL or Mathematica for numerical calculations?

APL (e.g. Sharp APL or IBM APL2) has complex numbers, Mathematica on the
otherside supports even algebraic computations.

Cheers.../Michael

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