From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 6 08:44:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id IAA20222 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 6 Jul 1996 08:44:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from po1.glue.umd.edu (po1.glue.umd.edu [129.2.128.44]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id IAA20206 for ; Sat, 6 Jul 1996 08:43:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fiber.eng.umd.edu (fiber.eng.umd.edu [129.2.98.185]) by po1.glue.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA05017; Sat, 6 Jul 1996 11:43:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from chuckr@localhost) by fiber.eng.umd.edu (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA16575; Sat, 6 Jul 1996 11:43:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 6 Jul 1996 11:43:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@fiber.eng.umd.edu To: Pedro A M Vazquez cc: lenzi@cwbone.bsi.com.br, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, tinman@cco.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Windows and DOS for Free BSD In-Reply-To: <199607061227.MAA15014@kalypso.iqm.unicamp.br> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 6 Jul 1996, Pedro A M Vazquez wrote: > Hello Sergio > Do you have an URL fro GP PARI? An regards matlab, haven't you > all tried octave? > > Pedro You seem to have missed the part where I said "Engineering classes require matlab". I have Octave, I've used it for myself, but not for engineering or math classes (which require Mathematica, just to show they're damn stubborn). The keyword here is require, it's not up to me. > > Lenzi, Sergio said: > > > > > > Any reason you'd want to punish yourself by running DOS programs under > > > > FreeBSD? > > > > > > Unfortunately, yes. Engineering classes here require matlab, which > > > unfortunately is a dos beast. I'd LOVE to be able to run it (or Mathcad, > > > even better) under FreeBSD. > > > > > Hello all! > > > > I have the same problem HERE, people wanting to use math... I ask a > > polish math professor, and he presented me to GP PARI. > > I see the program working, it's Free and Fantastic, plot graphics, > > multiple precision math, unlimited user space, and very, very FAST. > > > > > > Hope this will help. > > > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------