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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.
by 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 agoFriCas seems to be quite light in documentation?
- mkl 3y agoThere'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 agoThanks! Somehow didn't find that.
- auggierose 3y agoTried 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 agoSee https://fricas.github.io/ https://fricas.github.io/, which includes a 990 page book and detailed documentation.