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From: sbrunnoc@hawk.ulowell.edu (Sean Brunnock)
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Subject: Re: significance of Mathematica
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Date: 4 Oct 88 02:58:00 GMT
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From article <12531@oberon.USC.EDU>, by crum@lipari.usc.edu (Gary L. Crum):
> How powerful is Mathematica?  Will its inclusion with computers from NeXT
> increase the rate of mathematical analysis and research?

  I, too, am curious. I use Macsyma v412.45 on a Symbolics 3600. Other than its
color capabilities, I do not understand the brouhaha. Is there anyone out there
who has used both Macsyma and Mathematica and would be willing to post a summary
of differences? Thank you.

				Sean Brunnock