In article <13kgqd76s74hq50@corp.supernews.com>, Jon Harrop <usenet@jdh30.plus.com> wrote:
> Joe Strout wrote: > > As a student, I used Mathematica for years and loved it. But now, I no > > longer qualify for an educational discount, but still have occasional > > need (or desire) to do some math -- but the standard price ($2500) is > > ridiculous, absolutely out of the question for me. > > I just found myself in the same boat because I have a lot of software > written in Mathematica and the price here is even bigger (£2,000 which is > over US$4,000!). > > I'm just going to implement all of the functionality that I need myself on > top of OCaml and F# as these are the best languages currently available > (IMHO).
Check out SAGE (based on the Python language and lots of open source mathematical software). I have only played with it a little, but it is free and very easy to install (no brainer, really). It appears to have a nice interface through your browser and seems to cover a lot. Worth a look. There is an online video lecture about SAGE. That gives you a good idea of the system. Just google SAGE and Python.
