[oops--I sent this to Mike alone at first--here's a copy for the archives]
Yes, I see those posts and I think they will be useful. I can't tell how hard it is until I try, but I see the plan. It's also got the names of everyone who was involved in doing that work for Sage, so that I can bug them if I get stuck. :) Thanks!
Nathan Carter
Mathematical Sciences Department
Bentley University
(781) 891-3171
http://web.bentley.edu/empl/c/ncarter
On May 3, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Mike Hansen wrote:
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Carter, Nathan <NCARTER at bentley.edu> wrote:
>> Is there a how-to for integrating Maxima into other projects? Perhaps I just didn't find it in my searching. If not, is there anyone to whom I could go for advice?
>
> There's a lot of (unorganized) information on this at
> http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/6781 . It uses ECL to
> access Maxima through a C-library interface. It is actually pretty
> robust and usable. This
> http://trac.sagemath.org/sage_trac/ticket/7377 switches Sage to use
> Maxima only through ECL instead of the current "stdin/stdout"
> interface and it passes all tests.
>
> So, there are some ideas there.
>
> --Mike