Editing TK Solver (section)

==Reception==
''[[BYTE]]''{{'}}s 1982 preview of TK Solver said that it was "an interesting program that does for equation-solving what the pocket calculator does for arithmetic—replacees drudgery and the possibility of error with speed and accuracy".<ref name="williams198210">{{Cite magazine |last=Williams |first=Gregg |date=October 1982 |title=Software Arts' TK Solver |url=https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1982-10/page/n359/mode/1up?view=theater |access-date=2024-12-30 |magazine=BYTE |pages=360-376}}</ref> The magazine's 1984 review stated that "TK!Solver is superb for solving almost any kind of equation", but that it did not handle [[matrix (mathematics)|matrices]], and that a programming language like [[Fortran]] or [[APL (programming language)|APL]] was superior for [[system of linear equations|simultaneous solution of linear equations]]. The magazine concluded that despite limitations, it was a "powerful tool, useful for scientists and engineers. No similar product exists".<ref name="miller198412">{{Cite magazine |last=Miller |first=Alan R. |date=December 1984 |title=TK!Solver |url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1984-12/1984_12_BYTE_09-13_Communications#page/n261/mode/2up |magazine=BYTE |pages=263–272}}</ref> By  version 5.0, ''TK Solver'' added Matrix handling functionality.<ref name=UTS5>{{Cite web
   |url=https://uts.com/itemdetails.asp?itemid=0100-50-0010-00
   |title=TK Solver 5.0 Premium (Standalone) from Universal Technical Systems
   |website=uts.com|access-date=2017-04-20}}</ref>

Competitive products appeared by mid-1988: Mathsoft's ''[[Mathcad]]'' and [[Borland]]'s ''Eureka: The Solver''.<ref>Ronald Shone, "Software for Solving Equations: Eureka: The Solver, TK Solver Plus and Mathcad", ''Journal of Economic Surveys'' '''3''':1:83–95 {{doi|10.1111/j.1467-6419.1989.tb00059.x}} (March 1989)</ref><ref>"Mathcad, by Mathsoft Inc. of Cambridge, Mass.; Eureka, by Borland International of Scotts Valley, Calif.</ref><ref name=ThinkEQ.NYT>{{cite news |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]
   |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/24/business/a-top-scientist-s-latest-math-software.html
   |title=A Top Scientist's Latest: Math Software
   |author=Andrew Pollack  |date=June 24, 1988}}</ref>

[[Dan Bricklin]], known for [[VisiCalc]] and his [[Software Arts]]'s initial development of TK Solver, was quoted as saying that the market "wasn't as big as we thought it would be because not that many people think in equations."<ref name=ThinkEQ.NYT/>