[fitsbits] New Mathematica® 4.2 Adds FITS, XML, and Java Support

[Wolfram Research]

Mathematica 4.2 from Wolfram Research, Inc. now supports the FITS 
file format for astronomical data, making Mathematica a useful 
tool for performing analysis on one of the most widely used 
standard data formats in the astronomical community. Mathematica 
offers a full suite of analysis tools for your astronomical data, 
including statistics, transformations, and plotting 
functionality.

Mathematica 4.2 is also the first technical computing system with 
full XML support and seamless Java integration. Now users can 
access any Java program from within Mathematica and work directly 
with XML data and documents. Version 4.2 also brings important 
advancements in linear programming, statistics, optimization, 
combinatorics, graph theory, and technical publishing.

For a full list of new features and enhancements in Mathematica 4.2, visit:
http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/newin42