[Ed Symanzik , Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:04:04 -0500]:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxima says "the underlying Lisp can be
> called from Maxima." Would someone please point me to documentation, a
> tutorial, or example of this?
You can call a Lisp function, or use Lisp variables, by prefixing
their names with ?, and you can get to the Lisp REPL with to_lisp(),
and you can evaluate an expression written in Lisp syntax by prefixing
it :lisp. Example:
(%i1) ?symbol\-name(foo);
(%o1) $foo
(%i2) ?print(a+b);
((MPLUS SIMP) |$a| |$b|)
(%o2) b + a
(%i3) to_lisp();
Type (to-maxima) to restart
MAXIMA> #$a+b$
((MPLUS SIMP) |$a| |$b|)
MAXIMA> (to-maxima)
Returning to Maxima
(%o3) TRUE
(%i4) :lisp (symbol-name 'foo)
FOO
(%i4)
HTH,
Albert.