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Questions tagged [compatibility]

Tag for questions about compatibility among various versions of Mathematica, and compatibility issues of Mathematica with various operating systems.

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Will Version 9 functions all work in Version 10?

Having developed a substantial code base in Mathematica 9, leads me to ask these important questions prior to downloading and installing Mathematica 10. Will any Mathematica functions from the previous version either not work in Mathematica 10 or…
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Making code version aware

Mathics, a free Mathematica-compatible project has been recently launched. It provides a subset of the functions and capabilities of Mathematica at a slower pace. This opens us the tantalizing possibility to share our code even with people who do…
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Missing old functionality

In a retro mood... Without a doubt a lot of great new functionality has been added in the latest versions of Mathematica (multiple undo anyone:-)!). Some are covered here. While searching in Standard Package Compatibility Guide, it came into my mind…
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Automatically detecting code that will not run on earlier versions

Possible Duplicate: Automated testing for compatibility with older Mathematica versions On my personal computer, I am running version 8.0.4, but on a compute cluster I would like to work with, they have stuck with version 6. With two major…
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What is now the preferred way to execute a notebook on startup?

This question was previously answered in part in earlier post through the use of the command AutoOpenNotebooks. However, as of 10.0 this command is scheduled for potential change or deprecation and this global preference option no longer appears…
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Learning from Michael Trott's Guidebook with V8 or later

I am not sure this question is suitable for this site. Please let me know if my question is too vague or if it is hard to give a clear anwser. I'm a new user of Mathematica. My Mathematica use began with version 8. I think I'm reasonably familiar…
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What to use to draw errorbarplots in Mathematica 12.0

I have been using Needs["ErrorBarPlots`"] for a while but after my update to the last version of Mathematica I get the warning: ErrorBarPlots` is now obsolete. The legacy version being loaded may \ conflict with current functionality. See the…
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Notebook downloaded from web giving error message

Just bought a copy of E. J. Mcinnerney's textbook Computational Explorations in Magnetron Sputtering. However, when I download and try Chap2.nb from: http://www.computationalexplorations.com/mathematica-code.html I get the following error in…
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Backward compatibility for plugins

Are plugins normally backward comatible? I would like to buy a plugin ready for Mathematica 7 and use it on Mathematica 8.
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How much does the current version of Mathematica differ from V2

I have books written about Mathematica Version 2. Yes, they are old (like copyright 1991). How much has Mathematica changed since then, and is this kind of information too outdated to be useful?
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