Maxima mentioned on Slashdot



>Well, whether it is satisfactory is a matter of taste, but as an update
> to the messages cited, there is this:

>  load (ezunits);
> sin (1 ` degree);
>   => sin(%pi/180)

I suppose a user who prefers degrees might like to stick with degrees except for the special values:   sin (1 ` degree) --> sin (1 ` degree)  and sin(30 `degree) --> 1/2.
But I think that ezunits provides a pretty good solution.


--Barton