Re:Mathics: A free, light-weight alternative to Mathematica
by sandGorgon on Saturday April 09, 2016 @10:26AM
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Interesting. But then my question is how big is the user base that WANTS to use Mathematica but cannot AFFORD it? Because for a first time user just hunting for a symbolic math, the buy in might not be there.
Re:Mathics: A free, light-weight alternative to Mathematica
by vixen99 on Saturday April 09, 2016 @11:43AM
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As the documentation says "Mathics will probably never have the power to compete with Mathematica® in industrial applications; yet, it might be an interesting alternative for educational purposes.". Moreover unlike Mathematica, anyone can examine the code, a definite plus for students.
Re:Mathics: A free, light-weight alternative to Mathematica
by nikofeyn on Saturday April 09, 2016 @12:24PM
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that doesn't make too much sense because many, many universities already hold site licenses for mathematica where it is either free or very cheap.
If we look at Mathics only, it features a Mathematica compatible syntax which allows users familiar with the syntax to be up, running and productive with the tool much quicker.
Mathics also provides a notebook, however others do as well as optional downloads. R has RStudio, and you can use Jupyter for Pandas.