On 1/11/2011 10:02 PM, Richard Hennessy wrote:
> "If you know how to program in Lisp, it's not a big deal to write a
> simplification function. But let's hold off on that for the moment."
>
> Why Lisp, Maxima's language is easier. I am not good at Lisp.
>
> Rich
>
If you are not good in Lisp, then Lisp will naturally be harder.
If you know Lisp (also), you can make a choice as to which is better for
a particular task. If you are constructing a lot of large symbolic
math expressions
and need to have them evaluated and simplified at every turn, the Maxima
language may indeed be easier. It can also be compiled into (somewhat
clumsy)
Lisp.
Tellsimp and friends also compile rules into Lisp.
RJF