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Re: Theorist

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From: George J. Jefferson
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 1990 06:36
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>I started using Theorist the other day, I have to recommend it to anybody
>who has repetitive mathematics to deal with.  It's incredibly easy to use
>(especially compared to Mathematica) and produces marvellous graphics.  Of
>course, it's not as fast as Mathematica, and it's symbolic math is more on par
>with Milo than high-end products it claims to compete against.  For students
>and others who play with equations or otherwise need to include discussions of
>functional analysis in written reports, this is definitely the best program out
>there.

Milo does no integration other that polynomials.  In the long run this may
be a fair tradeoff because it doesn't waste time trying, however this 
type of limitation makes Milo more of a mathematics 'word processer' than
a symbolic manipulator to compete with the likes of Mathematica.
For ~$300 Theorist had better be much more than 'on par' with Milo.

(I dont mean to sound so critical of Milo.. What it does, It does very
quickly on a 1Meg Se. -- more than anyone could say about Mathematica --
and for many applications speed/ease of use are more important than power)
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