From: Martin DeMello <martindemello@...>
Date: 2009-11-20T23:37:09+09:00
Subject: Re: Exact (LISP-ish) calculations in Ruby?

On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Aldric Giacomoni <aldric@trevoke.net> wrote:
> Everyone's talking about Maxima, which was written in LISP.. Interesting
> :)
> I'd like to modify the earlier question then, and wonder if Ruby is the
> right tool for the job, or if one should simply just go with LISP (in
> which case, there's no reinventing the wheel, I'd just use Maxima). If
> Ruby can be the right tool for the job.. Is it worth it? :)
>
> I do think it would be pretty cool to have a CAS like Maxima in Ruby
> (there is in fact a rubyforge project to develop one, but it hasn't
> released any files at all yet).

A ruby bridge to an existing CAS project would probably be the best way to go.

martin