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Shut up and program!

Post Date: Sep 03, 2008 12:01 p.m.
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This is an update to “ Shut up and calculate! ” (which was posted here three weeks ago, 2008-08-12). Many thanks to the readers who have suggested programming languages or environments for inquisitive computing. There are a dozen or so recommendations in the comments to the earlier post, and I’ve received even more by private correspondence. Here is a summary of the suggestions, in no particular order. (Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of times each system was mentioned.) R (2). The open-source version of the S language for statistics. (Also accessible through Sage.) Sage (1). Open-source mathematical software. Haskell (2). Lazy functional programming language. Python (2). Scripting and programming language. MATLAB (2) and Mathematica (1). $$$ mathematical software. Programmable calculators (3). The specific machines mentioned were the HP-15C, the TI-83 ...

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