"Mathematica...is one of the supreme examples of programming....
"If you already use Mathematica, you'll want to upgrade."
John McCormick, Government Computer News
September 22, 2003
"In our testing, we found Version 5.0 dramatically faster
at numeric computing than its predecessors....
"...vastly improved algorithms...
"And the numeric improvements are so spectacular that most current Mathematica
users will want to upgrade."
Barry Simon, PC Magazine
September 2, 2003
"I also noted the astonishing speed improvements in the
5.0 release of Wolfram Research, Inc.'s Mathematica.
I had previously observed, on the occasion of the 4.2 release,
that speed improvements due to better algorithms in successive
versions of Mathematica have sometimes outpaced Moore's-Law
rates of improvement by a factor of four or more. The latest
version, remarkably, continues that trend."
Peter Coffee, eWEEK
August 4, 2003
"Experienced users have told eWEEK Labs that last
month's 5.0 update addresses essentially every issue that
previously kept them from living in Mathematica as
their full-time technical computing environment....
"More than just a must-have upgrade for current users, Version 5.0 also
enables interaction with software based on Microsoft Corp.'s .Net platform,
making the package a powerful tool kit for mainstream Windows developers."
Peter Coffee, eWEEK
July 14, 2003
"Without question, I feel it's the most awesome piece of
software that I've ever used....
"There are clearly some very powerful algorithms at work here....
"While there are mathematicians whose work would not benefit by Mathematica,
I feel they must be a small subset of the population. For most of us, it is
an indispensable tool, adding to the amount of different things we can do
and also shortening the amount of time it takes us to do them."
Charles Ashbacher, Mathematics and Computer
Education
Spring 2003
"Wolfram Research's Mathematica program really has
no competitors at this point....
"...Mathematica 4.2 is in a league of its
own. It has the largest scope of math functionality, the most complete set of
features for print and Web publishing, and exemplary compatibility with OS
X. If you're looking for the highest level of functionality, industrial and
academic acceptance, and Mac support, Mathematica 4.2 is what you want."
Charles Seiter, Macworld
November 2002
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"This is the top of the line in graphical representation of
mathematical formulae; the pictures alone are beautiful. It also trippingly runs off
complex mathematical functions and solutions used in engineering and physics....
"Those who know and have used this program are generally in awe of its power."
Bob Schwabach, "On Computers"
September 2002
"This package has greatly enhanced my ability to produce
items of scientific value....I cannot imagine working as
a computational chemist without it, and I think most people
in mathematically rigorous fields would feel the same way."
Lance M. Westerhoff and Edward
N. Brothers, Applelust.com
June 21, 2002
"This new product lets you access the power of the Mathematica
kernel from a Web page with almost the ease of waving a
magic wand."
Donald L. Shirer, Computing
in Science & Engineering
March/April 2002
"The other software I bought was the Mathematica
package for Linux, which is still absolutely the best math
software on the planet. No other software approaches its
depth of functionality and breadth of installation base.
Mathematica takes the most extensive collection of
computation and visualization tools you'll find anywhere,
and puts it right on your desktop. Mathematica surpasses
the contents of thousands of mathematical tables, hundreds
of reference books, and dozens of software systems. If you — like
me — do a lot of math, then there is nothing like Mathematica
to actually calculate your stuff."
Moshe Bar, Byte.com
December 3, 2001
"An amazing product: part calculator, part programming language,
all genius. The usefulness of Mathematica is limited
by your own skill and imagination....
"It is easy to use Mathematica to incorporate, organise
and illustrate your own mathematical work, in almost all
cases using the symbols with which you are acquainted....
"...Even if you use only a small fraction of Mathematica's
abilities, you will have a cast iron guarantee of having
in hand the condensed knowledge to provide solutions for
many thousands of future technical problems."
Wilf Hey, PC Plus
December 2001
"The product..., Mathematica, is an impressive piece
of work, clearly reflecting Wolfram's no-compromises approach.
When users report some limitation of Mathematica,
the development team sees it as an opportunity to generalize
solutions, to dig deeper into the math, rather than to come
up with a quick fix. That's not just the corporate line,
you can tell from using the product that those are the priorities
at Wolfram Research."
Michael Swaine, Dr. Dobb's
Journal
March 2001
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