Xref: utzoo comp.sys.next:16134 sci.math.symbolic:2363 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!hardy From: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next,sci.math.symbolic Subject: Re: Maple for the NeXT Message-ID: Date: 22 Apr 91 05:30:10 GMT References: <1991Apr21.191124.14582@watmath.waterloo.edu> Organization: U.C.Irvine, Dept. of Physics Lines: 34 Nntp-Posting-Host: golem.ps.uci.edu In-reply-to: wgilbert@watmath.uwaterloo.ca's message of 21 Apr 91 19:11:24 GMT In article <1991Apr21.191124.14582@watmath.waterloo.edu> wgilbert@watmath.uwaterloo.ca (William Gilbert) writes: >> From the Kitchener-Waterloo Record on April 13, 1991 from an interview >> with the Maple software group: >> >> ... >> And Next, the new educational computer developed by Apple co-founder Steve >> Jobs, has asked Maple to produce a Next-compatible version of its >> software. >> The worldwide marketplace for symbolic math software is currently a >> two-horse race between Maple and Mathematica, a product of the larger >> Wolfram Research Inc., of Champagne, Ill. >> ... >> "I see us actually passing the (market) leader, Mathematica, in two and a >> half to three years" [Neumann said] This is good news! I have tried Maple V and Mathematica 1.2 (under X, off a Dec 5200, as well as the Mathematica 1.2 on the NeXT) and find the first one fater, easier to use, with a good help system (the Mathematica 1.2 I got with my NeXt station does not have help at all). It will be an incentive for Wolfram to finally ship a complete and useable Mathematica; as far as I can tell from browsing thtough the Mathematica 2.0 book, it still lacks the differential-geometry packages Maple has. The main feature the NeXT version of Mathematica which makes it attractive is the "Notebook" facility, which Maple still lacks. Having a choice will make both systems better! Greetings, Hardy -------****------- Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy); Department of Physics, University of California Irvine CA 92717; (714) 856 5543; hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET