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- From: doberman!mike (Mike Panzitta)
- Subject: Re: MATLAB (the missing piece)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.035216.24397@doberman.uucp>
- Sender: mike@doberman.uucp
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- Organization: Doberman Systems
- References: <n9d1Hg#uta@atlantis.psu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 03:52:16 GMT
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- In article <n9d1Hg#uta@atlantis.psu.edu> mek@guinan.psu.edu (Mark E.
- Kotanchek) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov11.101423.4758@sol.ctr.columbia.edu>
- > gbrown@raven.ctr.columbia.edu (Glenn Brown) writes:
- > > Personally, I think that considering the size of the NeXT market, we
- > > should be thankful that MATLAB will be ported to the NeXT at all. The
- > > software companies are going to write for sun sparcstations (and
- > therefore
- > > X, the prefered windowing system for sparcs) before NeXTs as a matter
- of
- > > course, and the only reason there will be a port the small NeXT market
- > is
- > > that the NeXT also runs X on unix and is therefore easy to port to.
- > >
- > > Obviously, NeXTstep is a far better windowing system than X: It far
- > > easier from a programming point of view (though it is harder to
- > customize
- > > than the X window managers). NeXT has the right idea: Get NeXTstep
- > > running on as many machines as possible and then more software will be
- > > ported to NeXTstep. This is a big reason NeXTstep is now running on
- > > 486's. Personally, I think that NeXTstep should be ported to sparcs,
- > > also. That would be best for the world of users... though it might
- not
- > be
- > > best for NeXT.
- > >
- > > --Glenn
- >
- > I'm going to have to disagree on the contention, "Personally, I think
- that
- > considering the size of the NeXT market, we should be thankful that
- MATLAB
- > will be ported to the NeXT at all." If it is cost-effective for Maple,
- > Mathematica, FrameMaker, Illustrator, Improv, etc. to be ported to
- > NeXTstep, it should be cost-effective for MATLAB or MATRIXx to be
- ported.
- > NeXT IS losing sales because of the absence of numerical analysis tools.
- >
- > On the other hand, maybe I AM out to lunch since NeXTworld doesn't
- include
- > such a product in their "10 most wanted" list. I guess number-crunching
- > isn't important to the liberal artsy/business types who rate with NeXT.
- >
- > I may be out to lunch--but I'm STILL pissed off!
- >
- > Mark.
- > --
- > Mark Kotanchek
- > Guidance & Control Dept - 363 ASB
- > Applied Research Lab/Penn State
- > P.O. Box 30
- > State College, PA 16804
-
- I can't resist an opportunity like this...
-
- ---Shameless plug on---
- First, there is not a complete absence of numerical analysis tools. If
- Mathematica does not provide enough capabilities (which in some cases it
- does not), there are others. A good example is the Simulation Kit, which
- allows complex linear and nonlinear systems to be modeled and simulated.
-
- Second, because NeXT offers such a unique and powerful development
- environment, the door is wide open for talented developers to deliver
- tools which fill the void. On the NeXT, this can probably be done
- easier and better due to the quality of the environment.
- ---Shameless plug off---
-
- What I'm trying to say here is that the glass is not half empty, it's
- half full. As an engineering/scientific user and developer, I can
- testify that the scientific and engineering community would prefer to
- use and develop under NeXTSTEP rather than other environments; however,
- the X window "inertia" is fairly difficult to overcome. This must
- be countered by persistence.
-
- 'Nuff said.
-
- -Mike
-
- --
- Mike Panzitta
- Doberman Systems
- doberman!mike@esunix.sim.es.com (NeXT Mail)
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