At 04:46 PM 5/21/96 -1000, you wrote:
>Has anyone else used "Joy of Mathematica." It doesn't remove _all_ the
>syntax problems, but it certainly simplifies its use a lot. Pull-down
>menus, etc. My students love it and the remaining syntax problems are few
>enough that they don't get in the way.
>
>John M. Flanigan <johnf@hawaii.edu> The equation is the final arbiter.
>Math Resource Instructor --Werner Heisenberg
>Kapi'olani Community College The scoreboard is the final arbiter.
>Honolulu, Hawaii --Bill Walton
>
>
>On Tue, 21 May 1996, Larry Gilligan, OCAS wrote:
>
>> But the problem isn't in knowing that "==" should be used in a program where
>> "=" is used in the book. I think the problem is in HAVING TO TEACH
SYNTAX and
>> not mathematics.
>>
>> What is subtracted from the curriculum for the time added for teaching the
>> language of Mathematica?
>>
>>
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