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Hi Michael
Thanks for you email. Your description was exactly what I had been looking
for.
I'm not sure if the student version of Mathematica has programming in it. I
know that only the MathCAD Pro version has programming capability. I have
the full version for both of the programs so it looks like I have a busy
winter ahead of me learning the new programming.
Thanks again for your time and experience.
Best regards
Walter
----- Original Message -----
From: MikeSuesserott <MikeSuesserott@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 6:57 AM
Subject: Mathematica (was Re: MathCAD break out graphs)
> 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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