On Thu, 7 May 2009 10:32:56 -0400 David Joyner <wdjoy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi: > > I just want to pass along some ideas I got from Sage developers at > the recent NSF-CDI conference in Rhode Island. I don't know how > feasible they are. > > (1) One Maple developer suggested that the pexpect interface > Sage<->Maple could be improved using the Openmaple API > (http://www.maplesoft.com/applications/view.aspx?SID=4383). > Instead of passing strings back-and-forth, you simply pass pointers, > which he said would be > faster. IANAL, and I don't want to start a license discussion thread again, but binary linking to Maple might be a violation of the GPL. > (2) Another person suggested that if one was to ask for Maple support > in any sort of collaborative > project (Hoon Hong suggested that research on interfaces is important > and needs further development, > for example), the best person to ask would be the guy in charge of > R+D, whose name I have > forgotten. Is there any objection to trying to pursue this angle? (I > have no idea how > fruitful it will be, but IMHO it can't hurt to ask.) The director of R&D at Maple is Juergen Gerhard. What would be the proposed project in this case? Improving the interface between Sage and Maple? Thanks for the information about the workshop. Cheers, Burcin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
