Mathematica combines powerful computing software with a convenient user interface. Mathematica seamlessly integrates a numeric and symbolic computational engine, graphics system, programming language, documentation system, and advanced connectivity to other applications. It was originally conceived by Stephen Wolfram, developed by a team of mathematicians and programmers that he assembled and led, and it is sold by his company Wolfram Research. Mathematica is a general computing environment, organizing many algorithmic, visualization, and user interface capabilities within a document-like user interface paradigm. By the way, after purchasing/upgrading all versions of Mathematica since 1993, I finally received version 10.0 as a free upgrade. I take 0.5 star because I do think that the plots generator (command) should be improved. My only wish is that I could write Mathematica commands in LaTeX (and then also see the output file in LaTeX-PDF), for me this will turn Mathematica into the ultimate software. Even in this respect, till today I can't find any comparable softwares. Moreover, Mathematica help features and the connectivity of its interface with its manual is unbelievably smart and convenient. However, come on, this is a tools for doing mathematics and symbolic mathematics, and as such it is in a league of its own. I also agree that as a sophisticated mathematically-oriented word processor (or presentations maker) it is not the best. I agree with Iliketrash that the interface is unique looking almost as it did 25 years ago, and the plots generators (commands) can be dramatically improved. Mathematica is a unique software in its capabilities ! I am a heavy user of Mathematica for a quarter of a century (since 1989), and hardly remember times that it failed me.
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