Mathematica 8 is now available
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Research Introduces Unique Concept of Linguistically
Controlled Computing
New Mathematica 8 Integrates Wolfram|Alpha - One of More Than 500
New Features
November 15, 2010--Wolfram Research today announced the release
of Mathematica 8, the latest version of its flagship computation,
development, and deployment platform that introduces the
breakthrough concept of linguistically controlled computing.
Integrating technology of Wolfram|Alpha, the Mathematica-powered
computational knowledge engine, makes it possible to enter math
or data calculations in plain English and get immediate answers
or start an extensive analysis.
"Traditionally, getting computers to perform tasks requires
speaking their language or using point-and-click interfaces. One
requires learning syntax, the other limits scope of accessible
functions," said Stephen Wolfram, CEO and Founder of Wolfram
Research. "Free-form linguistics understands human language and
translates it into syntax-a breakthrough in usability.
Mathematica 8 is the start of this initiative, but already it is
making a real difference to user productivity."
Free-form input is a new entry point into the Mathematica
idea-to-deployment workflow, but Mathematica 8 adds a major new
endpoint too: generation of C code and standalone executables.
Using Mathematica, organizations no longer have to rely on
separate tools for prototyping and deployment, but can complete
the entire workflow with one integrated tool.
"It's amazing that you can start with free-form linguistic input,
model or prototype, and end up with a high-performance standalone
program or library...all within Mathematica 8's comprehensive
workflow," said Tom Wickham-Jones, Director of Kernel Technology
at Wolfram Research.
Even with these major enhancements at either end of the workflow,
the most significant additions in Mathematica 8 are the more than
500 new functions in many new and extended application areas,
including:
* Probability and statistics: largest collection of statistical
distributions and automatic high-level solvers including
parameter estimation
* Software development: built-in GPU support, automatic code
generation and linking, multicore parallelism, and standalone
code deployment
* Engineering: integrated control systems and wavelet analysis
* Graphs and networks: extensive built-in support for the new
science of networks
* Finance: built-in option pricing solvers, financial indicators,
and charts
* Image processing: enhanced image analysis capabilities, such as
feature detection
"In all of these domains, you will find dramatic depth of
coverage," stated Roger Germundsson, Director of Research &
Development at Wolfram Research. "The functions are designed to
work together seamlessly across different domains which allows
combining them in new and innovative ways."
"Rather than build individual spikes of functionality provided by
traditional specialist tools, Mathematica's concept is based on
building up the complete mountain range," said Conrad Wolfram,
Director of Strategic Development at Wolfram Research. "It's this
broad functionality across a wide area that enabled us to build
state-of-the-art application areas such as statistics and
probability so quickly for Mathematica 8."
Availability
Mathematica 8 is available immediately for Windows XP/Vista/7,
Mac OS X, Linux x86, and compatible systems. More product details
are available on the Mathematica website:
http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica
NOTE: Mathematica users with Premier Service will receive an
email in the next few days with instructions on how to download
their free upgrades.
fd
I would be interested to know if I could find the list of bugs in V7
which were fixed in V8.
Best
> are available on the Mathematica website:http://www.wolfram.com/mathemati=
Murray Eisenberg
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Mathematics & Statistics Dept.
Lederle Graduate Research Tower phone 413 549-1020 (H)
University of Massachusetts 413 545-2859 (W)
710 North Pleasant Street fax 413 545-1801
Amherst, MA 01003-9305
Pierre Albarede
On Nov 17, 11:29 am, fd <fdi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I would be interested to know if I could find the list of bugs in V7
> which were fixed in V8.
>
In general, it would be useful to have access to some bug basis, like
Bugzilla for Mozilla products, so we can look for existing bugs and
have a clear account of our own bug reports and corresponding
solutions. This would save time for both users and the support team.
David Kirkby
It would also mean that if you make use of functions X, Y and Z in
your work, then you could check at some time later to see if there
were any bugs which may have affected your results, so it may be worth
checking a calculation.
Bug lists for some open-source maths programs are public, and allow
end users to do just this.
Dave