Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 23:34:47 +0300 (EEST) From: Vladimir Kushnir <kushn@mail.kar.net> To: Andriss <andriss@argate.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: maple or mathematica Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.00.9809302325460.4196-100000@kushnir.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980930010044.16734A-100000@argate.com>
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On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Andriss wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have some info om mathematica for linux,
> but is there a native FreeBSD port of this
> program?
>
> More importantly, is there Maple for FreeBSD?
>
> It would be really awesome if I could run
> maple on my box, would solve a whole bunch of
> problems..
>
> I am willing to pay a reasonable amount of
> money for the commercial software package if
> such exists..
>
<snip>
>
>
> Andriss
>
Not sure about Maple, but Mathematica 3.0 for Linux runs here
(FreeBSD-current) quite well.
Actually, it runs perhaps even _faster_ then under Linux.
A tiny benchmark (doesn't prove anything, but all the same...):
test on timing:
Do[a[i]=i+5,{i,0,20000}]//Timing
Results:
Here (P5-100, 32Mb (old, not even EDO SIMMS) RAM, FreeBSD): roughly 5.2
sec
At my friend's (P5-90, 32Mb (nice new DIMMS) RAM, Linux RH-5.1): roughly
5.6 sec
A little, but 100% reproducible.
Regards,
Vladimir
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