Maxima web interface



Earlier this month I informed the mailing list that I was working on a new 
web frontend to Maxima. I set up my new server yesterday, and it's now up 
and running.

You can try it out at http://math.msarnoff.org. Right now, it only 
supports one command per session ("notebook"-style interaction is not 
functional yet). It makes heavy use of JavaScript and "AJAX," and so far 
has only been tested in Mozilla and Safari.

Due to the lack of "safety" features in Maxima, all unsafe functions are 
filtered out before the input is sent to Maxima, and the server will 
terminate the Maxima process after 5 seconds if it does not return.

I can't vouch for its speed (the server is nearly seven years old)
or its practicality, but I thought I'd share. I'll be working on it
over the summer, so if you're going to link to it on the Maxima website,
make sure to state that it's "under development."

Thanks,
Matt Sarnoff