Inner Workings of Maxima



--- Stavros Macrakis  wrote:

> > > > As long as we're on this topic, I tried to create a flowchart
> based on
> > > > backtraces I did as to how the top level maxima system works
> 
> Your diagram appears to be a call graph, not a flow chart.

Ah :-).  I stand corrected.

> A call graph like this can be a useful piece of documentation.  A
> bigger challenge in some parts of Maxima is that communication among
> functions often happens through shared variables as well as through
> the function calling mechanism.

Hmm.  That could be tricky.  Well, one needs to start somewhere :-). 
I'm hoping I can root out the cross-referencing part of Albert and
convince it to generate some charts like this for me automatically, but
I suspect that'll take a bit of work.

CY


		
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