Argh, why can't I ever figure out plot2d/find_root/etc

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 11:05 PM, dlakelan <dlakelan at street-artists.org> wrote:
> whenever I try to use Maxima for numerical calculations with functions,
>  rather than expressions, it just doesn't work.
>
>  Oh sure, maybe calling my function Moment(.001,d) at the command line
>  works fine, but when I do plot2d(Moment(phi,d),[phi,0,.001]) (with "d"
>  bound at the global level), I get some stupid error related to how I'm
>  using find_root deep inside this function...
>
>  Why does this suck so much?

Despite your giving a useless bug report with no details, and using
vulgar language to insult everyone who's worked on Maxima over the
years, I suspect you will actually get help on this list.

Go figure.

           -s