From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" Date: 2009-02-06T05:05:31+09:00 Subject: Re: Integration/Antidifferentiation Program Richard Schneeman wrote: > Hey, has anyone successfully created a program with Ruby that uses > maxima or any other "reasonably cheap" (or free) math programs?? If so, > can you point me to any resources?? > > http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/177704#new I'm not sure what you mean by Ruby "using" maxima. Maxima is a stand-alone program, and it has a wxWidgets GUI called "wxMaxima" and an X-Windows GUI called XMaxima. If you just want to access maxima as a "server" from Ruby, I'm sure there's a way to start it up using "system" and pass it input / capture its output via pipes. What's the application goal / use case / problem you're trying to solve? Are you trying to use symbolic mathematics as part of a Ruby application? -- M. Edward (Ed) Borasky I've never met a happy clam. In fact, most of them were pretty steamed.