macman@wpi.wpi.edu (Christopher Silverberg) (11/08/89)
Are there any Calculus programs that do good graphing and neat stuff? I'm looking for something where you can put in an equation and graph it out and stuff. Something that will run on a Mac SE if possible? And HOPEFULLY, something slightly less expensive that Mathematica! Thanks.
consp22@bingsunl.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler) (11/15/89)
Two good programs are Calculus from True Basic and Eureka! the solver from Borland. (I think). Neato! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Consp22@Bingsuns.pod.binghamton.edu | SUNY-B Computer Consultants - | | | Trying to keep the world safe from | |---------------------------------------| the SUNY-B Computer users. | | System Consultant - World Computers |-------------------------------------| | Computer Cons. - SUNY Binghamton | Darren `Mac Hack' Handler | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| If all the world is a stage, then it needs better lighting. - Me Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker! - Willy Wonka
ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman) (11/16/89)
In article <2655@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> consp22@bingsunl.cc.binghamton.edu (Darren Handler) writes: >Two good programs are Calculus from True Basic and Eureka! the solver from >Borland. (I think). Neato! Here is a negative vote for Eureka! the solver. It does not work on a Mac II running System 6.0 or later. Exercise: Open a file in Eureka, click anywhere in the edit window, and type. On the first keystroke, it crashes. It seems to work if you avoid using the mouse and stick to the cursor keys, but what's the point? It also does somewhat better with an older system (around 4.2, I think), but why bother? I would go further and suggest that any Borland product for the Mac is unlikely to be worthwhile. Certainly Turbo Pascal is not (the compile-to-memory-and-run mode does not work on a Mac II). I have no other experience with Borland products for the Mac, but it seems to be clear that Borland is primarily interested in supporting the MS-DOS world. Just compare the release numbers for Turbo Pascal: 1.1 on the Mac, vs. 5.0 for MS-DOS. -- Dave Seaman ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu
fiddler%concertina@Sun.COM (Steve Hix) (11/17/89)
In article <5182@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, ags@seaman.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Seaman) writes: > > I would go further and suggest that any Borland product for the Mac is unlikely > to be worthwhile. Certainly Turbo Pascal is not Unless you want to receive from Borland things like: A magazine for Turbo Pascal programmers (aimed wholly at the PC version). Notice of updates to TP (but only the PC versions). Notice of new and updated Borland products (but only PC versions). All htis *after* several letters pointing out the fact that I had purchased the *Mac* version of the program...and Reflex, too. If one didn't know any better, one would think they didn't care...or perhaps they were run and staffed by total idiots. No :} ------------ "...Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear and certain, must be exceedingly simple-minded..." Plato, _Phaedrus_ 275d