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From: hb136@leah.albany.edu (Herb Brown)
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Subject: Re: Fortran for Math Majors
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Date: 13 Feb 91 13:10:44 GMT
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In article <1991Feb12.151552.17331@pdn.paradyne.com> reggie@paradyne.com (George W. Leach) writes:
>
>      A student of mine had a question that I wanted to pose to the members
>of this newsgroup.  This person intends on majoring in Math and perhaps
>minoring in CS.  The question pertains to how much is Fortran used in a
>typical Mathematics Department for undergraduate coursework?  The reason
>for the question is that this person wants to decide if she should purchase
>a PC-based compiler or not.
>
>      Is any other language used in Math Departments other than Fortran?
>
>Thanks,
>
>-- 
>George W. Leach					AT&T Paradyne 
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At the University at Albany no mathematics course (undergraduate or graduate)
uses Fortran (or any other cs language) However, we offer several courses
ranging from elementary courses for non-science/math majors to junior/senior
mathematics courses in a specially designed Computer Classroom using MAPLE
software on Amiga Computers. We are into the second semester of this venture
and so far our colleagues are quite pleased with the results.

                                       Herb