How to do matrix operation programatically in lisp

On Nov 24, 2007 12:29 PM, Kun Lin <klin at umd.edu> wrote:

> Maybe i am gonna write a parser so i can do something like
>
>     (eval (parse-maxima-to-lisp "invert(matrix[1,2],[3,4])"))
>
> to automate the conversion between maxima and lisp.
>

? I don't understand what you're trying to do here.  Maxima already includes
a parser, but why would your Lisp program be representing a matrix or its
inversion as a string?

        -s