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+1 -- Maxima is used under the hood for many key symbolic functions in Sage, e.g., limits, symbolic integrals, many simplifications, etc. We Sage devs (mainly
by williamstein 10y ago
+1 -- Maxima is used under the hood for many key symbolic functions in Sage, e.g., limits, symbolic integrals, many simplifications, etc. We Sage devs (mainly Nils Bruin) also wrote a very efficient C-level bridge interface between Python and Maxima, which uses ECL (embedded common lisp). We also try to make Maxima easy to use from Sage, e.g., you can type "maxima(sage expression)" to convert an expression to Maxima. Maxima developers regularly post on the Sage mailing list too.
- lacampbell 10y agoI am really glad to see Sage is still going strong. I used it years ago, back when I still had delusions of trying to be a mathematician. Really useful stuff.
- williamstein 10y agoI was just checking recently, and was pleasantly surprised to see that the amount Sage development, has gone up enormously in the last 2 years, especially thanks to Europeans! https://github.com/sagemath/sage/graphs/contributors https://github.com/sagemath/sage/graphs/contributors