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Doesn't seem like anybody is actively working on it: https://github.com/daly/axiom/commits/master/ https://github.com/daly/axiom/commits/master/ The only open

by jxy 3y ago

Doesn't seem like anybody is actively working on it: https://github.com/daly/axiom/commits/master/ https://github.com/daly/axiom/commits/master/ The only open source CAS that has survived for half a century seems to be maxima. The development seems to be active: https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/code/ci/master/tree/ https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/code/ci/master/tree/ But, yeah, it's still on sourceforge.

jart 3y ago
Scratchpad lives on in FriCAS https://github.com/fricas/fricas/commits/master/ https://github.com/fricas/fricas/commits/master/ which has commits 18 hours ago. Tim Daly worked diligently on Axiom for years. However some of his changes, like requiring every single file be literate code and complete refusal to compromise, turned decades of IBM research into an isolated dumpster fire; good luck getting it to build/run anywhere outside his Docker container. I'm reasonably happy with FriCAS since it's based on the same software and is much more open source normative, while possessing capabilities Maxima users could only dream of. See also https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/axiom-developer/2007-06/msg00664.html https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/axiom-developer/2007-0... and https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/axiom-developer/2007-06/msg00627.html https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/axiom-developer/2007-0... for evidence of his leadership style.
- auggierose 3y ago
  FriCas seems to be quite light in documentation?
  - mkl 3y ago
    There's a 990 page book linked on the home page: https://fricas.github.io/book.pdf https://fricas.github.io/book.pdf Also built-in help with ")help ...": https://fricas.github.io/help.html https://fricas.github.io/help.html
    - auggierose 3y ago
      Thanks! Somehow didn't find that.
      - auggierose 3y ago
        Tried this command from their intro: draw(5*besselJ(0,sqrt(x^2+y^2)), x=-20..20, y=-20..20) On macos, it says "transmitting data", but nothing shows. Will visit again if/when out of Beta, it would be great to have a working version of Axiom.
  - marcle 3y ago
    See https://fricas.github.io/ https://fricas.github.io/, which includes a 990 page book and detailed documentation.
lispm 3y ago
REDUCE is here: https://reduce-algebra.sourceforge.io https://reduce-algebra.sourceforge.io The first published paper about REDUCE is from 1967, work on REDUCE started slightly earlier: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2402536.2402544 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2402536.2402544 The first expressions of its Lisp implementation were written roughly 60 years ago.
crimbles 3y ago
I use Maxima regularly as it was what I was taught at university. It is updated regularly. It's cranky as hell but it works. Sometimes I use the CAS on my calculator, mostly to check my own work, because it hurts less. That's an HP Prime with Giac/Xcas on it.

by jxy 3y ago

jart 3y ago

Scratchpad lives on in FriCAS https://github.com/fricas/fricas/commits/master/ https://github.com/fricas/fricas/commits/master/ which has commits 18 hours ago. Tim Daly worked diligently on Axiom for years. However some of his changes, like requiring every single file be literate code and complete refusal to compromise, turned decades of IBM research into an isolated dumpster fire; good luck getting it to build/run anywhere outside his Docker container. I'm reasonably happy with FriCAS since it's based on the same software and is much more open source normative, while possessing capabilities Maxima users could only dream of. See also https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/axiom-developer/2007-06/msg00664.html https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/axiom-developer/2007-0... and https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/axiom-developer/2007-06/msg00627.html https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/axiom-developer/2007-0... for evidence of his leadership style.

auggierose 3y ago
FriCas seems to be quite light in documentation?
- mkl 3y ago
  There's a 990 page book linked on the home page: https://fricas.github.io/book.pdf https://fricas.github.io/book.pdf Also built-in help with ")help ...": https://fricas.github.io/help.html https://fricas.github.io/help.html
  - auggierose 3y ago
    Thanks! Somehow didn't find that.
    - auggierose 3y ago
      Tried this command from their intro: draw(5*besselJ(0,sqrt(x^2+y^2)), x=-20..20, y=-20..20) On macos, it says "transmitting data", but nothing shows. Will visit again if/when out of Beta, it would be great to have a working version of Axiom.
- marcle 3y ago
  See https://fricas.github.io/ https://fricas.github.io/, which includes a 990 page book and detailed documentation.

lispm 3y ago

REDUCE is here: https://reduce-algebra.sourceforge.io https://reduce-algebra.sourceforge.io The first published paper about REDUCE is from 1967, work on REDUCE started slightly earlier: https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2402536.2402544 https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2402536.2402544 The first expressions of its Lisp implementation were written roughly 60 years ago.

crimbles 3y ago

I use Maxima regularly as it was what I was taught at university. It is updated regularly. It's cranky as hell but it works. Sometimes I use the CAS on my calculator, mostly to check my own work, because it hurts less. That's an HP Prime with Giac/Xcas on it.