How to use Maxima from within C++ program (CGI)?

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu 
> [mailto:maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu] On Behalf Of Oliver Kullmann
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 12:29 PM
> To: maxima at math.utexas.edu
> Subject: Re: [Maxima] How to use Maxima from within C++ program (CGI)?
> 
> Hi,
> 
> since it gets rather polemic (and non-sensical), I can't resist
> to comment:
> 
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 08:18:59AM -0700, Richard Fateman wrote:
> > I was thinking of this...
> > 
> 
> >From my experience, Lisp and related systems are nice for prototyping
> (but not more).

Dismissing Lisp as only low-level suggests that your experience is not
adequate.
I think that Lisp is far better suited to building abstraction layers than
most languages you will encounter.

If your target is to write Lisp that can be viewed as a 1:1 translation into
C++, you are not using the available power of the Lisp language.

But you are right that such discussions get polemical.  Comp.lang.lisp is
filled with such trolliing


> Now I started exploring Aldor when really linking to C++; yet no
> experiences, but it looks much more appropriate (and it also offers
> access to Axiom).

I hope that you tell us how this works out after you have had some
experience.  

RJF