[Haskell-cafe] Implementing Mathematica

[Andrew Coppin]

Lennart Augustsson wrote:
> Why do you seem so in awe of Mathematica?

Oh, well, I guess it is only the most powerful maths software ever 
written... no biggie.

> It's just another language with a good set of libraries.  Claims that 
> it is the best, fastest, etc comes from Wolfram advertising, no doubt. :)

The claim that it is the fastest clearly doesn't hold (much to my 
surprise). The claim that it is the most powerful, well... I have yet to 
see anything that can come close to the symbolic power of Mathematica.

Let's face it, the thing costs nearly ten grand for a reason...