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We already have a very good open source CAS called Maxima, which is implemented in Lisp. It is a descendent of Macsyma, the oldest CAS, created at the MIT.
by coliveira 6y ago
We already have a very good open source CAS called Maxima, which is implemented in Lisp. It is a descendent of Macsyma, the oldest CAS, created at the MIT.
- mkl 6y agoMaxima is quite awkward to use IME. Because of its age it has very nonstandard syntax for some things, like ":" for assignment, and "(..., ..., ...)" for blocks of commands (equivalent to e.g. "{...; ...; ...}" in C, JavaScript, Java, etc.). I prefer Sympy.
- a0-prw 6y agoYou are quite right to draw attention to this fact, but let the "geniuses" reinvent the wheel worse ;)