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Re:Will it rot my students' brains if they use Mathematica? ... by nix23 on Friday November 05, 2021 @08:53AM (#29118492)
>a very expensive proprietary program, is doing people a large disservice.

You can use it for free if you use a Raspberry Pi (non commercially)

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Re:Will it rot my students' brains if they use Mathematica? ... by q-big on Friday November 05, 2021 @09:00AM (#29118572)
"proprietary" is the opposite of "free" (as in freedom), not of "free" (as in free beer).
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Re:Will it rot my students' brains if they use Mathematica? ... by messe on Friday November 05, 2021 @11:28AM (#29120667)
They may have been replying to the statement that it is expensive, rather than anything to do with its proprietary nature.
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Re:Will it rot my students' brains if they use Mathematica? ... by teddyh on Friday November 05, 2021 @12:05PM (#29121195)
Some people might be able to use it for free, but nobody can use it non-proprietarily.
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