Mathematica 6.0 represented one of the world's most advanced software engineering endeavors. Building on Mathematica's symbolic programming foundations, a series of software engineering innovations made possible the new dynamic interactivity of Mathematica 6.0, and further extended Mathematica's highly efficient cross-platform communication capabilities.

New Dynamic Interactivity Support »

Dynamic  ▪  DynamicModule  ▪  Refresh  ▪  ...

New External Device Support »

ControllerManipulate  ▪  ControllerInformation  ▪  ...

New System Control & Monitoring

SystemInformation — complete system information

CurrentValue  ▪  $MachineDomains  ▪  $MachineAddresses  ▪  MemoryInUse (enhanced)  ▪  $SystemWordLength  ▪  $CharacterEncodings  ▪  SystemOptions  ▪  SetSystemOptions

New Integrated Web Services Support

InstallService — install a WSDL-described web service

New File Capabilities

FileHash  ▪  FilePrint  ▪  FileNames (modified)  ▪  Import (modified)