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general [2014/01/03 15:45] – external edit 127.0.0.1general [2014/11/05 11:07] – [Most Important Commands] gawrilow
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 Here you can find instructions and tips concerning general use practice rather than specific mathematical questions. Here you can find instructions and tips concerning general use practice rather than specific mathematical questions.
  
-> Please be aware that in rare cases this introduction and other Wiki pages might describe features implemented very recently without explicitly marking them as "new" or "unavailable to broad public" We apologize for this inconvenience and kindly ask you to have patience till the next polymake release, should you really miss the feature in question.+> Please be aware that in rare cases this introduction and other Wiki pages might describe features implemented very recently without explicitly marking them as "new" or "available since that and that date" We apologize for this inconvenience and kindly ask you to download the latest [[perpetualbeta|perpetual beta]] should you really urgently need the feature in question.
  
 ===== Interactive Shell ===== ===== Interactive Shell =====
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 ===== Most Important Commands ===== ===== Most Important Commands =====
  
-Precisely speaking, polymake commands are quite normal perl functions, either built-in like ''print'' or ''exit'', or specially written for polymake.  As long as you are not concerned about implementation details, you won't feel any difference.  All commands taking arguments may be written in two fashions: with argument list enclosed in parentheses or separated by a blank from the command keyword.  For example:+Precisely speaking, polymake commands are quite normal perl functions, either built-in ones like ''print'' or ''exit'', or specially written for polymake.  As long as you are not concerned about implementation details, you won't feel any difference.  All commands taking arguments may be written in two fashions: with argument list enclosed in parentheses or separated by a blank from the command keyword.  For example:
  
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