Fortran vs Mathics
A side-by-side look at Fortran and Mathics. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Fortran
Development
Fortran is a general-purpose, compiled imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing. Originally developed by IBM in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications, Fortran came to dominate this area of programming early on and has been in continuous use for over half a century.
numeric-computingscientific-computingcompiledimperative
Mathics
Education & Reference
Mathics is an open-source computer algebra system with similarities to Mathematica. It features symbolic calculations, numeric computations, graphics, and support for mathematical typesetting. Mathics aims to be compatible with Mathematica to allow reuse of existing code and resources.
algebracalculusgeometrystatisticscomputer-algebra-system
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