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From: rsn@cartan.math.nd.edu (Ross Niebergall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Scientific programs on Amiga
Message-ID: <681@cartan.math.nd.edu>
Date: 30 Sep 90 19:19:44 GMT
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From article <4730@crash.cts.com>, by danb20@pro-graphics.cts.com (Dan Bachmann):
> In-Reply-To: message from boily@phy.ulaval.ca
> 
>         A friend and I wanted to buy a good Math package for our machines. Is
> Doug's Math Aquarium the best thing??? We need something that handles cal
> calculus and an array of other functions.  Most mathematics programs for Amiga
> are for young children.

Maple is available for the Amiga, and it is certainly not a toy.  It's
price of US$395 reflects that, and I would say that it is a reasonable
price for this piece of software.

There has been a lot of discussion lately about the lack of scientific 
software available for the Amiga, and people are constantly overlooking
the availability of Maple.  I think that perhaps Amiga users are just
unwilling to pay the price for the kind of software that they are asking
for.


Ross Niebergall, Department of Mathematics, University of Notre Dame
rsn@ndmath.math.nd.edu	rsn@cartan.math.nd.edu