Re: does anyone know of any MathCAD type application?

[Adam Getchell <acgetchell ucdavis edu>]

I'm interested in it, if it can do graphics manipulation and huge matrix
multiplications ....

>I don't know what sort of a math program you want - there are so many
>different kinds of work.
>
>I used MathCad for a little while but found it extremely clumsy for the
>math stuff I do. I didn't want the algebraic solving feature that Maple
>brought to MathCad, so I remain a non-MathCad user.
>
>I use a program called RLAB. It uses a C-type language and is an
>interpreter. It has a bunch of functions, much like MatLab. Its plotting
>capability is based on PLPLOT, as I remember.
>
>RLAB was created by Ian Searle, a friend of mine. It has wide usage now,
>is freeware, downloadable, etc.
>
>If you want a MatLab type of program, send me an email and I will look
>up
>the download site for you.
>
>bob jones (bobj eskimo com)
>
>mwkohout wrote:
>>
>> I remember reading in the list a couple months back about someone
>> mentioning that there was some sort of app that was allot like MathCAD.
>> I've looked through a couple RPM databases, and now I can't seem to find
>> it.  Does anybody know what app I'm talking about?
>> thanks
>> mike kohout
>
>
>
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