[Edu-sig] mathics - free alternative to Mathematica built on Python and SymPy

[Dan Peirce]

It looks impressive, but at the moment on line it appears to be
amazingly slow even for simple calculations.

On 2/10/13, michel paul <pythonic.math at gmail.com> wrote:
> A student sent me this.:  http://www.mathics.org/
>
> It's Mathematica lite, for free. Though built with Python, Sage, and SymPy,
> it accepts Mathematica syntax and provides much of its basic functionality.
>
> In an age where anyone can do genuinely high quality math in their browser
> for free, that's what we should be showing the kids. I think things are
> going to be heading more in that direction, not less.
>
> -- Michel
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> "What I cannot create, I do not understand."
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> - Richard Feynman
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> "Computer science is the new mathematics."
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> - Dr. Christos Papadimitriou
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