Jacques Carette wrote:
Andrew Coppin wrote:
Lennart Augustsson wrote:
Why do you seem so in awe of Mathematica?
Oh, well, I guess it is only the most powerful maths software ever
written... no biggie.
No, it is one of several. In very little time I can find 20 things
that Maple does better than Mathematica. In the same amount of time,
I can find 20 things that Mathematica does better than Maple.
[Actually, the most obvious is that its marketing is miles better; so
good that it makes blind evangelists out of people who have not even
tried the competitors].
If Wolfram want to claim that Mathematica has "redefined the face of
computer science"... well I don't believe that for one second.
If they want to claim it's a product that can do some amazing stuff...
well I don't see much evidence to the contrary.
You got suckered by their marketing. Get your head out of the sand,
and take a good look around what is available.
I looked, I didn't find anything interesting.
_______________________________________________
Haskell-Cafe mailing list
Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org
http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
