Pushing the envelope

[ewx]

[Poll #1198616]

Comments

[simont]

Mm, yes, that's also a good point.

[X] at the Python interactive prompt
[X] at the Maxima interactive prompt

[stephdairy.livejournal.com]

I have used Mathematica as a calculator on occasion...

(S)

[simont]

Ooh, hark at him and his institutional site licence to use insanely expensive pieces of software :-P

[3c66b.livejournal.com]

I have a Maple text window open all the time so I can pop it up and type '2+2;' into it. I thought this was ridiculous when I saw someone else doing it, but I've come round to it.

But for algebra I use bits of scrap paper or envelopes -- and then check the results with Maple.

[fanf]

[X] at the Lua interactive prompt
[X] using perl -e
[X] using dc