NEW VERSION OF MATHEMATICA NOW SUPPORTS CLIENT/SERVER ARCHITECTURE ON OS/2
WARP

-MATHLINK LETS OS/2 CLIENTS CONNECT WITH UNIX AND OS/2 SERVERS

Champaign, Illinois - June 30, 1995 - By adding MathLink support to the
mix, Wolfram Research now offers an open and extensible computing
environment where users can exchange information not only among several
machines on a network, but also between Mathematica and other programs. In
addition, OS/2 users now have the option to switch from the current OS/2
command line interface to the well-known Mathematica notebook interface
for Microsoft Windows, which makes it possible to combine text,
computation, and graphics in a single electronic document.

MathLink, Wolfram Research's communication standard, makes it easy to
exchange information between several concurrent Mathematica sessions
across a network and between different processes. Mathematica is divided
into two parts: the kernel, which actually performs computations, and the
front end, which handles the interaction with users. Users that require
more computing power than a single machine can supply, can access several
machines at once by connecting multiple Mathematica kernels using
MathLink. A user, for example, can now run the Mathematica front end for
Microsoft Windows on a PC and remotely access Mathematica for OS/2 on
several IBM PCs via TCP/IP and MathLink.

"Even our earliest versions of Mathematica supported the client/server
model. We recognize that client/server architecture is critical to
enterprise-wide computing," explains Prem Chawla, chief operating officer,
Wolfram Research. "That's why we created MathLink in the first place. And
now, we've made sure OS/2 Warp users have complete access to it."

Using MathLink to Communicate with Other Programs

MathLink also lets users make seamless connections between Mathematica,
their own code, and other commercially available software applications.
MathLink saves time and money because it allows users to exchange
information between Mathematica and programs they have already written or
software they have already purchased. With MathLink, users can take
advantage of two programs working together to achieve reliable results.

Mathematica Front End for Windows Is Free to Mathematica OS/2 Users

For OS/2 users who choose to use it, the Mathematica front end for Windows
will be made available free-of-charge. Current customers who request it
will receive the Mathematica front end for Windows, MathLink, and all
necessary documentation. New OS/2 customers will automatically receive the
Mathematica front end for Windows, MathLink and appropriate documentation.
All customers, then, are given the option to use either the Mathematica
notebook front end or the command line interface that is also included
with the OS/2 Warp version of Mathematica. For further information,
contact Wolfram Research at 1-800-441-MATH.

Mathematica for OS/2 Warp

The Mathematica kernel has been fully optimized for the OS/2 32-bit
environment and takes full advantage of the OS/2 preemptive scheduler and
threading. This results in an increase in speed, a more efficient handling
of memory, and the ability to run more than one process at a time. Also,
the OS/2 32-bit flat memory gives Mathematica users direct access to
nearly a gigabyte of memory. Consequently, Mathematica users can perform
larger, more complex computations. Also, Mathematica users have found that
this version runs with less memory than it did, for example, running under
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