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A comment on Launching Version 13.1 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica. Parent comment

Re:Launching Version 13.1 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica by logicchains on Thursday June 30, 2022 @03:25AM (#31929631)
>I just needed an algebra scratchpad, and Symbolics was.. barren. and uninviting. I thought of reaching for Mathematica but resorted to pencil and paper, like a barbarian.

Have you tried Maxima? It seems more ergonomic.

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Re:Launching Version 13.1 of Wolfram Language and Mathematica by anthk on Thursday June 30, 2022 @07:35AM (#31931124)
I use Maxima on a Atom N270 netbook. It works greatly, fast and usable. Gnuplot for plotting, and I'm done.
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