From: "Henrik Bergstr*m" 
Subject: Re: Programming For Maths
 
travs wrote in message
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>Hi, I'm a mathematician (of sorts) and want to get into programming for my
>subject. Is this a good language to use. I want to do numerical
calculations
>(no algebra necessarily) and be able to draw fractals with colour. Please
>respond with any pointers in the right direction. And how to get started.
 
 
There are some 'math-packages' like MathCad, Mathematica etc.
available on the market. Many of these include their own
programming languages and some even support C I think. I don't
really know much about these, but I suppose they are rather interesting
for applied mathematics. They are probably much easier to work
with compared to 'traditional' programming languages as well.
 
Of course, you can accomplish all of this (and more) in C, but often
it includes many 'irrelevant' steps, like using graphics and such.
Furthermore, these tasks are often very system dependent (not
portable between different machines) and not even part of the
'C standard'.
 
 
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