I have a question about the architecture of maxima, which I don't think has been addressed recently:
Do the new development plans include a "maxima engine" module?
This engine would just have the core symbolic manipulation code and none of the plotting or GUI abilities. This would encourage linking the maxima engine into other systems, much like GMP is linked into Python, Perl, etc (even maxima, I think). The more modular the system is the more likely it will become the lingua-franca of free symbolic engines.
-Ben Hinkle
ps- in the interest of disclosure I work for The MathWorks (makers of MATLAB) but this post is my own opinion and doesn't necessarily reflect their views (especially if maxima is linked into Octave, I imagine).
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