rob@uokmax.UUCP (Robert K. Shull) (07/14/87)
(Does the line eater exist?)
A user at our university is looking for programs for the Macintosh with
LaserWriter which allow WYSIWYG editing with embedded equations. Something
as powerful as the troff-eqn-tbl system on Unix machines would be nice,
but ease of use is of more concern than greater capability. Also,
he needs a statistics/graphing package (fairly powerful.)
If you have any information, including prices and availability (including
future/planned releases) please let me know by mail.
Thank you,
Robert Shull
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Robert K. Shull
University of Oklahoma, Engineering Computer Network
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CIS 73765,1254 Delphi RKSHULLbeck@husc4.HARVARD.EDU ( beck) (07/14/87)
I am not sure about word processing (I use Word, which is decent but not outstanding for equations). There are two excellent econometrics programs for the MAC, RATS and SHAZAM. RATS has, I think, the better graphics package, but is somewhat less friendly (though much more powerful). Both programs are time series oriented, with SHAZAM possibly being a bit more flexible. RATS is distributed by VAR, somewhere near Chicago, and SHAZAM by Ken White, Dept. of Econ., UBC. I have no connection with either group, other then spending about 5 hours a day with RATS. Neal Beck Dept. of Gov. Harvard U.
dquah@athena.mit.edu (Danny Quah) (07/16/87)
In article <2524@husc6.UUCP> beck@husc4.UUCP ( beck) writes: > There are two excellent econometrics >programs for the MAC, RATS and SHAZAM. RATS has, I think, the better >graphics package, but is somewhat less friendly (though much more >powerful). Both programs are time series oriented, with SHAZAM possibly >being a bit more flexible. RATS is distributed by VAR, somewhere near >Chicago, and SHAZAM by Ken White, Dept. of Econ., UBC. > Since this has come up here, RATS is by Thomas A. Doan and Robert B. Litterman, VAR Econometrics PO Box 1818, Evanston IL 60204-1818. I haven't seen the MAC version, but swear by their PC and mainframe implementations. I do all my econometrics in C and fortran usually; RATS is the only econometrics package I will even go near. Non-disclaimer: The (original) authors are good friends of mine, and I sympathize greatly with the approach and philosophy of the RATS econometrics package, but I have no financial connection with VAR econometrics. --Danny dquah@athena.mit.edu or dquah@dolphin.mit.edu Dept. of Economics MIT, E52-262d, (617)253-0914 --Danny dquah@athena.mit.edu or dquah@dolphin.mit.edu Dept. of Economics, E52-262d, (617)253-0914