Maple vs R (programming language) : Which is Better?

Maple

Maple is a symbolic and numeric computing environment, and is also a multi-paradigm programming language. Developed by Maplesoft

License: Commercial

Categories: Education & Reference

Apps available for Mac OS X Windows Linux

R (programming language)

R is an open source programming language and software environment for statistical computing and graphics that is supported by the R Foundation. Developed by Ross Ihaka and Robert Gentleman

License: Open Source

Categories: Development Education & Reference

Apps available for Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD

Maple VS R (programming language) Feature comparision

Feature	Maple	R (programming language)
Graphing calculator
Mechanical Simulation
Built-in search engine
Equation solving
Math-solver
Search engine
Symbolic Computation
Automatic data loading
Data Mining
Calculus solving
Constructive geometry
Python
Python IDE
Algebra
Automatic JIT compilation on code change
Compiled Language
Compiler
Parallel Computing
Simulation
Formula Builder
Equation editor
Built-in editor
High Level
Object-oriented Language
Dynamic typing
Garbage Collection
ANOVA test
File-sync
Simulink
Batch plotting
Embedded debugger
Network Analysis
Graphs
Cross-platform
Imperative Language
Interactive Visualization
Literate programming