Mathcad v Maple v MATLAB

A long time user of Mathcad, I have been prompted by my environment for the past few years to use MATLAB and Maple. I thought that I'd start a thread here to compare my experiences. Currently, as I think I posted in another thread, I use all three, and find strengths in each of them.



Accordingly, I am attaching 4 documents:

1. $rlm Maple 13 Style Definition - Georgia.2.0.pdf: You might find this useful to see how I have applied styles in the Maple docs. I did this specifically so that I could see the way different objects act.

2. Maple 13 tutorial 2.1.0.a.pdf: This a Maple document that shows everything, including stuff that can be hidden.

3. Maple 13 tutorial 2.1.0.c.pdf: This shows the doc with all sections collapsed. This is a nice feature because it means that you don't have to scroll through a whole document if you don't want to.

4. Maple 13 tutorial 2.1.0.h.pdf: This is the document in its most useful presentation form. Stuff is hidden that would just confuse the viewer, but the whole doc is presented. Maple allows you to hide 8+ kinds of data.



Note the extensions: a, c, h. I'll likely use them in the future if I post more. Note that I put my comments right into the doc.



You know, I have been critical of PTC because of their support since taking on Mathcad. But whipping out a document is so much easier in Mathcad than in Maple or MATLAB.



Rich

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