Maple is a general-purpose commercial computer algebra system (symbolic computing environment + numeric computing environment + multi-paradigm programming language) developed by Maplesoft (Waterloo Maple) from Canada in 1982. It is known as one of the three major mathematical software programs along with MATLAB and Mathematica, and its main competitor should be Mathematica

Sketch is the most popular one-stop application of vector drawing on Mac platform, developed by Sketch B.V. from Netherlands in 2010. Compared to other vector drawing software (such as Adobe Illustrator), it has the advantage of being easy to use (all the tools you need are near at hand), has a low learning curve, and saves designers a lot of time and effort. To some extent, we can think of it as a lightweight edition of Adobe Illustrator.

MATLAB (short for Matrix Laboratory), Mathematica and Maple are collectively known as the three major commercial mathematics programs. MATLAB was developed by MathWorks in 1984, its performance in numerical calculation is second to none among all mathematical technology applications. As an advanced technology computing language and interactive environment, it is mainly used for algorithm development, data visualization, data analysis, numerical calculation, etc.

In the process of learning PCB design technology, many people may want to know what EDA design software is the most appropriate one? If it was several years ago, I would not hesitate to recommend Altium Designer to everyone. Because it was very popular, came with all kinds of supporting resources, and if you had any problem, you could always find someone familiar with this tool to ask for help. But today, KiCad has become a better choice.

Over the last 20 years, the most popular two music players on Windows have been Winamp and foobar2000. By contrast, the former focuses on exquisite appearance and ease of use, while the latter is for power users to chew over. So, Winamp is actually more popular and has more users than foobar2000, just like the relationship between WinRAR and 7-Zip. In other words, foobar2000 is only suitable for advanced computer users who like to play around with powerful software (not for AppNee).