maxima pronunciation and writing



> That pronounciation came naturally to me because Macsyma can be considered
> as composed by two (or even three) words:
>   1) "Mac" (The MAC project)
>   2) "Syma" (SYmbolic MAnipulation)
>
> Whouldn't that pronounciation be more appropriate?

Maybe it would be more logical, but it has always (> 35 years) been
pronounced with the accent on the second syllable.

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