how to pass the name of a variable as argument?



Robert Dodier wrote:
> On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:45 AM, Raymond Toy (RT/EUS)
> <raymond.toy at ericsson.com> wrote:
> 
>>  Why is implementing a different language helpful?
> 
> Something to consider:
> http://vnoel.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/bye-matlab-hello-python-thanks-sage/

Hardly unbiased since the author "always hid a secret wish? to use 
Python."

If you think using Python by itself will automagically produce something 
more than we have today without alienating all the existing users of the 
maxima language, by all means go ahead.

Ray