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# we had mathematica
but I only used it for calculus classes. We used matlab for engineering stuff
(, Sun 2 Nov 2003, 23:42, archived)
# I use my fingers
(, Sun 2 Nov 2003, 23:43, archived)
# maples open source isn't it
and i've never heard of matlab
(, Sun 2 Nov 2003, 23:43, archived)
# it's very expensive
We just had it (I think) because one of the professors wrote books about it

I think maple is open source
(, Sun 2 Nov 2003, 23:45, archived)
# maple isn't open source
it's about £1200.

or £10 if you're a student.
(, Sun 2 Nov 2003, 23:45, archived)
# kind of like matlab then
it's $2000 or $90 if you're a student
(, Sun 2 Nov 2003, 23:46, archived)
# oh well
shows how little i know... mathematica confuses me muchly i keep writng long things then discovering that theres a single function to do it all for me... story of my life(in programming terms) really
(, Sun 2 Nov 2003, 23:47, archived)