Re: That's not Ridiculous Syntax... THIS is Ridiculous Syntax! (And REALLY expensive software!)

JShrager@xxxxxxxxx schrieb:
In another thread I wrote:

Another example [of Greenspun's 10th law]: Mathematica is
essentially a Lisp engine inside.

Although it's poor form to follow up one's own posts, I thought that
y'all might find these interesting (or funny, or sad, or scary)
excerpts from the Mathematica manual. [[Double brackets in the
following enclose my notes]]

> [snipped the holy manual stuff...]

If you think Mathematica adds noisy syntax, then try Maple. (By the way, what do think is the more popular CAS among all students in our mathematics-department? You guess it.)

Mathematica isn't that bad beside. Especially it's special treatment of errors, or the glorious victory of the manual at hiding any useful information in places where you the least expect it. Just my 0.02€.

-mg
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