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0 pointssliverstorm15y ago0 comments

Yeah, Matlab seems to be pretty useless if you want to do anything besides pure math.

I mean, that's really all computers are at the core- math- but you know what I mean.

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I'd say computers are more applied math than pure math

Mathematica is more oriented towards pure maths (e.g. symbolic maniplation) and MATLAB more towards applied (numerical methods).

konad15y ago

At their core, computers are boolean logic, not arithmetic. Ironically, math is one of the things they are bad at, they are just quick.

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0 pointssliverstorm15y ago0 comments

Yeah, Matlab seems to be pretty useless if you want to do anything besides pure math.

I mean, that's really all computers are at the core- math- but you know what I mean.

I'd say computers are more applied math than pure math

gaius15y ago

Mathematica is more oriented towards pure maths (e.g. symbolic maniplation) and MATLAB more towards applied (numerical methods).

konad15y ago

At their core, computers are boolean logic, not arithmetic. Ironically, math is one of the things they are bad at, they are just quick.

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