From chemistry-request@ccl.net Sun Apr  5 12:30:41 1992
Date: Sun, 5 Apr 1992 10:05 EST
From: IRIKURA@ENH.NIST.GOV
Subject: Re: SymbMath and PlotData
To: chemistry@ccl.net
Status: R

How do these compare with other packages?  We use DERIVE (inexpensive, from
Soft Warehouse in Honolulu).  DERIVE also includes graphics.  It's weakest
points are (1) occasional dumb pursuit of integration by parts (2) inability
to do standard floating point calculation (would be 100x faster).

The learning feature you mentioned sounds unusual.

Karl Irikura
Natl. Inst. of Standards & Tech., Chem. Kinetics & Thermo.
irikura@enh.nist.gov