ofer@gandalf.Berkeley.EDU (Ofer Licht) (02/04/89)
Somebody mentioned something about a program called Maple that is supposed to be available for the amiga. I was not able to reply to that person through e-mail and am hoping that somebody knows what i'm talking about. Is maple a commercial product or PD? -Ofer Licht ofer@gandalf.berkeley.edu
MOLNARRM@UREGINA1.BITNET (Dennis Gorrie) (02/13/89)
Maple was originaly a program written for mainframe computers. I know it
exists for VM/CMS, UNIX, and maybe VMS operating systems.
Maple is a math program that provides a wide range of statistical analysis and
calculus functions, with a flexibility of choosing between speed and accuracy.
It is also a Symbolic math program, meaning it could enter stuff like
lim sin(x) and it could parse this.
x -> 0 ------
x
Maple 4.0 was completed for the Amgia and Macintosh, however the developers
decided not to release it until they had caught up with the mainframe version
of Maple, which was ver 4.2. They also wanted to add a better graphic
interface, which was at the time limited to ANSI and VT220. One of the
programers was working on it was Rico Marani (spelling???) at the University
of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. I went to school there, and I asked him
once a month when they would release it, but he would just say 'next month'.
Eight months passed, and I never heard about it again. He did say at one time
that it would cost around $400 to $600.
Does anyone else know what became of Maple for the Amiga?
Thanks in Advance
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paolucci@snll-arpagw.UUCP (Sam Paolucci) (02/15/89)
In article <8902131737.AA11042@jade.berkeley.edu> MOLNARRM@UREGINA1.BITNET (Dennis Gorrie) writes:
->
->Maple was originaly a program written for mainframe computers. I know it
->exists for VM/CMS, UNIX, and maybe VMS operating systems.
->
->Maple is a math program that provides a wide range of statistical analysis and
->calculus functions, with a flexibility of choosing between speed and accuracy.
->
->It is also a Symbolic math program, meaning it could enter stuff like
->
-> lim sin(x) and it could parse this.
-> x -> 0 ------
-> x
->
->Maple 4.0 was completed for the Amgia and Macintosh, however the developers
->decided not to release it until they had caught up with the mainframe version
->of Maple, which was ver 4.2. They also wanted to add a better graphic
->interface, which was at the time limited to ANSI and VT220. One of the
->programers was working on it was Rico Marani (spelling???) at the University
->of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. I went to school there, and I asked him
->once a month when they would release it, but he would just say 'next month'.
->
->Eight months passed, and I never heard about it again. He did say at one time
->that it would cost around $400 to $600.
->
->Does anyone else know what became of Maple for the Amiga?
->
->Thanks in Advance
Maple 4.2 has been available for the Amiga for quite a while, I have been
using for over four months. It costs $395 and it can be obtained from
Waterloo Maple Software
608 Weber Street North
Waterloo ON
Canada N2V 1K4
(519)747-2373
Disclaimer: I have no connection with the the above company.
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ARPA: paolucci@snll-arpagw.llnl.govricom@microsoft.UUCP (Rico Mariani) (02/15/89)
>MOLNARRM@UREGINA1.BITNET (Dennis Gorrie) writes: > > >Maple was originaly a program written for mainframe computers. I know it >exists for VM/CMS, UNIX, and maybe VMS operating systems. All true. >Maple is a math program that provides a wide range of statistical analysis and >calculus functions, with a flexibility of choosing between speed and accuracy. > >It is also a Symbolic math program, meaning it could enter stuff like > > lim sin(x) and it could parse this. > x -> 0 ------ > x what you type looks like: lim(sin(x)/x, x=0); but yes..., what you see for output looks more like the 2d version Dennis showed above. >Maple 4.0 was completed for the Amgia and Macintosh, however the developers >decided not to release it until they had caught up with the mainframe version >of Maple, which was ver 4.2. The big problem was getting documentation and contracts actually... Maple 4.1 had many improvements which everyone wanted so it seemed wise to wait. By the time I could do the port, 4.2 was frozen so I did that instead... >They also wanted to add a better graphic >interface, which was at the time limited to ANSI and VT220. One of the >programers was working on it was Rico Marani (spelling???) at the University >of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. I went to school there, and I asked him >once a month when they would release it, but he would just say 'next month'. You Spelling is close, it's Rico Mariani, but what's a few i's between friends anyways. >Does anyone else know what became of Maple for the Amiga? > >Thanks in Advance Amiga Maple 4.2 started shipping many months ago, if you're interested contact the Symbolic Computation Group at U of Waterloo and they'll put you in touch with the right people. There are quite a few copies of it out there by now I imagine. Talk to them about pricing info too, there are various prices for educational, or professional use. -Rico DISCLAIMER: Microsoft is in no way affiliated with Maple or the Symbolic Computation Group. They just happen to hire Waterloo grads.