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- From: rivin@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (Igor Rivin)
- Subject: Re: sci.math: Frequently Asked Questions
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.203118.27919@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
- References: <C0Fr4n.rA@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca> <1iuffrINN8v5@sol.deakin.OZ.AU>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 20:31:18 GMT
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- In article <1iuffrINN8v5@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> huang@deakin.OZ.AU (Weiguang Huang) writes:
- > As pointed out many times, this "FAQ" misses many symbolic
- >computation packages in the list of the packages (6Q). "This is not
- >a comprehensive list", but the list is the "FAQ" list so the list should
- >include the popular packages, otherwise how can you claim yours is FAQ ?
- >The following are some of these popular packages:
- >
- >[...disguised SymbMath plug, in the form of an old list of obscure math
- >programs, omitted...]
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- FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions.
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- If FAQ meant Frequently Answered Questions, I would be the first to
- agree that SymbMath should have been at the top of the list.
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