Re:Mathics: A free, light-weight alternative to Mathematica
by okyup on Saturday April 09, 2016 @11:26AM
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Ease of use.
Python is hard to learn to use for math. It requires a strong programming and math background.
Mathematica's syntax is more natural and it doesn't require learning numerous different packages and figuring out how to stitch them together - it just works. Graphing is more convenient, too.
Python is hard to learn to use for math. It requires a strong programming and math background.
Mathematica's syntax is more natural and it doesn't require learning numerous different packages and figuring out how to stitch them together - it just works. Graphing is more convenient, too.