Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!simon From: simon@cs.ualberta.ca (Simon Tortike) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Scientific Spreadsheet? WingZ is crap! Message-ID: Date: 17 Nov 90 00:53:24 GMT References: <1990Nov15.100655.3353@csc.anu.oz.au> Sender: news@cs.UAlberta.CA (News Administrator) Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Lines: 38 pfr654@csc.anu.oz.au writes: >WingZ >Is anyone who bought WingZ still using it? Or have we all drifted back to >Excel/ Cricket Graph/ other graphing programs? >worse than Excel. >Where is a 'scientific spreadsheet'? Well, I have been using Trapeze for several years and have found it much better for my purposes than Excel. I have only used the demos for WingZ, so can not comment too much on it, but it looked like it had more of the whiz-bang business graphics than scientific/engineering type stuff. When Trapeze is not enough, I use Igor (you should see the ternary phase diagrams!). Note that these programs will not help you with 3-d perspective plots. If you have enough money, or can put together a bulk education order (much cheaper), try MatLab. If you ever missed the functionality of APL (can you say `linear algebra' and smile?) and wanted the ease of using the Mac, try some of these programs. You might have trouble getting Trapeze, but version 2.1 still runs fine on a MacIIx and System 6.0.5. with MultiFinder. >*====*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* >Phil Ryan >ANU Department of Physics and Theoretical Physics >Canberra, Australia >pfr654@csc.anu.oz.au phone:(61 6) 249 4678 fax:(61 6) 249 0741 Regards, -- W. Simon Tortike, | tel : 403/492-3338 Dept of Mining, Metallurgical | fax : 403/492-7219 and Petroleum Engineering, | CA*net : simon@cs.UAlberta.CA University of Alberta, | uucp : simon@alberta.uucp Edmonton, AB, CANADA T6G 2G6. | CA*net : simon@mmpe.mineral.UAlberta.CA