Subject: Re: Composing a programming guide for maxima
From: Daniel Lyddy
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:44:38 -0700 (PDT)
Harry:
Someone named Boris Gaertner wrote a short Maxima
Tutorial. You may wish to use his version as a
starting point, or maybe even involve him in your
version.
http://www.bgaertner.gmxhome.de/Maxima.htm
Contact information is available on his home page:
http://www.bgaertner.gmxhome.de/
Dan
--- Stavros Macrakis wrote:
> > 1) Basic introduction to a .mac file (cos i didn't
> know how to do it
> > when i started)
>
> I would start with interactive use, not batch files.
>
> > 2) Structures
> > BLOCKs, Expressions, loops, constraints
>
> A very important topic is the use of symbols *both*
> as mathematical
> variables *and* as programming variables. This is a
> common stumbling
> block in working with Maxima programming.
>
> What do you mean by constraints? Assertions?
>
> You should probably have a section on working with
> the various Maxima
> data types, notably:
>
> -- symbols
> -- general symbolic expressions (part, inpart,
> op, etc.)
> -- lists and matrices
> -- arrays (though I would mostly suggest that
> users avoid them)
> -- numbers
>
> > 5) Lisp and it's uses within Maxima (from the
> programming areas
>
> I don't think this belongs in an introduction to
> Maxima programming.
> I think it is a completely separate topic.
>
> > 6) Advanced topics
>
> I think the hardest part is getting the basics
> right.
>
> -s
>
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