Programming
In addition to the new code edit region and start-up code region, several other changes have been made to enhance the programming tools for Maple 12.

• Improved syntax for entering and indexing arrays, vectors, and matrices combines convenient notation with efficient operation.
• New, simple notation provides the ability to grow arrays past their endpoints in a memory-efficient way.
• The zip command now accepts an option indicating whether the zeros in sparse objects should be ignored or included.
• More flexible max and min commands now accept a broader variety of data types as arguments.
• Implicit range endpoints are now supported for arrays, lists, sets, sequences, and strings, providing a simpler syntax for specifying all or part of the object. For example, A[..n] references the first n elements of A.
• The new Bits package provides efficient bit-wise operations in Maple.