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- From: cjwein@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca (Chris J. Wein)
- Subject: Re: Mathematica vs MathCAD
- Message-ID: <BtAHxx.15r@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca>
- Keywords: MAthematica MAthCAD
- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <ceZJPB1w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> <1992Aug20.130737.22769@ncsu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 16:03:32 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug20.130737.22769@ncsu.edu> lelebrun@eos.ncsu.edu (LOUIS E LEBRUN) writes:
- >
- >I have been considering buying a program such as MathCAD for Windows or
- >possibly Mathematica for the same. I run Win3.1 on a 486/33 and use the
- >current versions of Word and Excel. My question is which one will do a
- >better job?
- >
- >I am a Masters student in Civil Engineering and am looking for a program
- >that will effectively allow me to edit equations and allow me to do some
- >number crunching. I have used Mathtype but would really like something
- >that does more than make pretty pictures.
- >
- >I understand both programs allow some form of programming, and that is a
- >feature that I'm really interested in. I want to be able to write some
- >programs that will analyze data and give me results that can be easily
- >pasted into a W4W document. I can purchase either package at a student
- >discount but want to buy the right program the first time.
-
- If you want to do programming then Mathematica is clearly the correct
- choice. Since you mentioned serious number crunching (ie. numeric) then
- have you considered Matlab? Mathematica derives most of its power
- (and price) from its symbolic capabilities.
-
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