There is an interesting comment about Sage on sci.math.symbolic from "Vladimir Bondarenko", who can be a bit of a pain in the ****, but does sometimes have some sensible things to say. It followed a complaint from a Solaris user about how WRI are treating Unix users of Mathematica, by not updating the Unix version as much as the Windows/Linux/Mac version, despite charging a higher price for HP-UX and Solaris versions.
I'm interested in there is any evidence the gap between Sage and Mathematica is widening or narrowing. Have there been any independent reviews of how the gap is changing? ****************************************************************************************** >From "Vladimir Bondarenko" on sci.math.symbolic ****************************************************************************************** We did not have the chance and resource to test SAGE yet. Still, based on its components (Maxima etc), and our internal calculations about Maxima, we now do not feel that spending some dozens human-years could have shorten tangibly the conspicuous gap between the commercial CAS systems like Mathematica and the current open source CAS projects. I realize that the SAGE folks keep developing also their own (hopefully, efficient) code. Still, at the same span of time, say, Wolfram Research pushes their Mathematica even further. So, maybe, in time, the gap will only grow. Of course, one can say that, in some years, WRI could go out of the stage (God forbid!) while the open source CASs will be continued. Somehow, this is about predicting the future. Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. -- Niels Bohr Best wishes, Vladimir Bondarenko ****************************************************************************************** ****************************************************************************************** --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
