2011/5/13 kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com>: > FYI > > http://www.maplesoft.com/products/maple/new_features/index.aspx?P=TC-1975 > > Among other things, they are *really* touting their multi-core and GPU > use (as opposed to Mma) and there is also a lot of talk about their > sharing features.
I looked at that page and the first thing I see is: "Maple is the only technical computing system that allows you to take advantage of multithreading in your own programs." Wow! > I have a feeling that some of their claims about > polynomials may only be true about them versus Mma, and not some of > the specialized programs in Sage, or Magma. > > Random - is this a bug or a feature? I'm glad we *can* do this in > Sage, but should sin(pi*x) be labeled in multiples of pi? > - New in Maple 15, when plotting a trigonometric expression, the axes > are automatically labeled using multiples of π. > > The drag and drop for Maplet creation is, long-term, something that > would be wonderful to see in the notebook. Think a graph_editor type > js thing - you open up interact_editor, and it allows drag-and-drop of > widgets with variables that then turn into an interact. > > - kcrisman > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL: http://www.sagemath.org > -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
