On 04/10/2010 03:19 PM, Mike Raiford wrote:
> At your lack of comment on wxMaxima. I would have expected some remark...
>
> I remember some time ago you posting about how horrible the pricing if
> Mathematica is ... I thought for sure you'd have some interest in a GPL
> tool that can do some of the core things + it uses LISP.

Yeah, well, I've used a couple of programs that are meant to be "like 
Mathematica, but free". Every single one of them has sucked beyond 
belief. A few of them can solve easy equations or do very simple 
graphing, but none of them come close to the power and sophistication of 
Mathematica.

Of course, when you consider that Mathematica has had tends of thousands 
of man-years of R&D poured into it over the last 22 years, it's kind of 
unsurprising that it's so good. (In fact, it's surprising it's not even 
better, come to think of it. Why the **** doesn't it do anti-aliased 
graphics yet?!)

Also: I hate Lisp.

> Hmm... maybe the girl has gone to your head? ;)

It's not my *head* that's... uh... never mind. ;-)

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