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Date:      Sat, 6 Jul 1996 11:39:42 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
To:        "Lenzi, Sergio" <lenzi@cwbone.bsi.com.br>
Cc:        dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu, tinman@cco.net, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Windows and DOS for Free BSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.91.960706113800.16571F-100000@fiber.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960706094246.7831B-100000@home>

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On Sat, 6 Jul 1996, Lenzi, Sergio wrote:

> > > Any reason you'd want to punish yourself by running DOS programs under 
> > > FreeBSD?
> > 
> > Unfortunately, yes.  Engineering classes here require matlab, which 
> > unfortunately is a dos beast.  I'd LOVE to be able to run it (or Mathcad, 
> > even better) under FreeBSD.
> > 
> Hello all!
> 
> I have the same problem HERE, people wanting to use math... I ask a 
> polish math professor, and he presented me to GP PARI.
> I see the program working, it's Free and Fantastic, plot graphics, 
> multiple precision math, unlimited user space,  and very, very FAST.

Sounds interesting (although it won't directly help me, you don't get a 
choice as to which software to run) but it would have been nicer if you'd 
included a pointer as to where GP PARI is ....


> 
> 
> Hope this will help.
> 

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