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Walter,
to tell briefly about my experiences with Mathematica - after having been
married first to C, then to C++, for almost two decades, I finally made a
complete switch to Mathematica a few years ago, and have not regretted it
for one moment. What had taken hundreds of lines of programming code to
accomplish in C++ can now usually be done in just a few lines of
Mathematica code.
As regards Linear Algebra, this is a cinch with Mathematica. Again, one or
two lines of code will often replace a whole C++ program.
It took quite some time for me to reorganize my thinking to match the
language, though. As you know, the Mathematica programming language is built
upon powerful pattern-matching and list-processing engines, along with the
usual functional and object-oriented syntax mechanisms also found in other
languages. Therefore, C-style programming is, as a rule, about as
inappropriate for Mathematica as, say, assembler-style jump instructions
would be for C++. So I definitely had to do some intensive retraining of my
thought-processes (by means of some excellent books) to really get the hang
of this new paradigm.
Best regards,
Michael Suesserott
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]Im Auftrag von W Lake
> Gesendet: Monday, September 03, 2001 05:19
> An: metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: Re: MathCAD break out graphs
>
>
> Hi Michael
>
> Good to hear from you. I'm glad there's some experience on the List. I
> looked for almost 6 to 8 months for an inexpensive version of Mathematica
> then both Mathematica and MathCAD fell into my lap. So I don't
> really have a
> sense of where I'm going to end up.
>
> I have to admit that I was seduced by those wonderful 800+ page books ...
> "You too can love Linear Algebra using Mathematica". Aside from
> producing 80
> page topology proofs about turning a ball inside out, I figured
> that Linear
> Algebra was going to be the most productive trading area for me.
>
> Since I survived learning Excel ... adding Math analysis to my trading
> couldn't possibly be all that hard.<G>
>
> Would like to hear about your Mathematica experiences, programming and
> applications as you care to write about. I have to admit being rather slow
> in the math department ... I was almost 30 before I could count past 14
> without taking my shoes off.
>
> Best regards
>
> Walter
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: MikeSuesserott <MikeSuesserott@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 12:35 PM
> Subject: AW: MathCAD break out graphs
>
>
> > Hello Walter,
> >
> > as a long-time user of Mathematica may I suggest another book
> that, IMHO,
> > would be interesting for newbies and old hands alike - "The Beginner's
> Guide
> > to Mathematica Version 4", by Gray and Glynn. This book is a lot more
> > up-to-date than Schaum's, and quite inexpensive, too.
> >
> > One great thing about Mathematica is its built-in programming language
> which
> > is extremely powerful as well as versatile - a computer
> scientist's dream
> > come true! But it does take a bit of getting used to, just like
> any other
> > new computer language.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Michael Suesserott
> >
> >
>
>
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