OK, sifting through cvs for changes since version-591
i found some more stuff.
fwiw,
robert dodier
significant changes since 5.9.1:
-- source code lowercase
-- parser is now entirely case sensitive, built-in keywords and
variables are all lowercase only
-- regularize case in printed messages
-- moved nset (finite set functions) into maxima core
-- regularize use of packages in maxima core
-- misc code cleanups incl. sloop -> ansi loop, rename private let and let*
-- ported mersenne twister rng to maxima core
-- english ref manual revised (form & content)
-- ref manual translated to spanish & portuguese
-- additional tutorial documents
-- discrete plots (for plot2d)
-- enhancements to tensor packages (Atensor, Ctensor, Itensor)
-- revisions to Airy functions
-- revisions to Bessel functions
-- revisions to gamma function
-- revisions to elliptic functions
-- extensive revisions to hypergeometric functions
-- revised kill function
-- revised code to run test suite
-- display noun forms 'for and 'if correctly
-- display if -- then -- elseif correctly
-- adjust placement of newlines between output lines
-- establish configuration variable *maxima-tempdir*, make use in plotting
-- cleaned up autoload declarations
-- regenerate (via f2cl) functions from SLATEC Fortran code
-- some misc bug fixes:
590222 (power series)
853830 (sum)
1045821 (describe)
618280 (entier)
512736 (alphalessp)
620928 (cfratsimp)
626728 (scanmap/bottomup)
904504 (sign1)
617021 (bfloat(%gamma))
1155241 (hgfred)
1052308, 1036900 (limit)
1038584 (integrate)
1169996 (example)
1274656 (dribble)
1179646, 1110733, 1070509 (tex)
1234221 (ev)
1216157 (kill-operator)
797401 (infix)
1173788 (prefix, postfix, nary, matchfix, nofix, and infix)
1290386, 1156759, 1107784 (plot2d)
1179660 (bfloat)
904295 (ratweight)
808772, 808772 (realpart)
783051 (expand)
1178648 (setup_autoload)
1175992 (playback)
1103687 (compile_file, translate_file)