Interesting...there's an opportunity for me to contribute ro Sage.
Very exciting!
I'll have a look at your attempt, William.
In the meantime, can anyone direct me to a comparison between REDUCE
and Mathematica, Maple, MuPAD, Axiom, or Maxima or some of the other
familiar packages? I haven't found anything like that. It will help
provide me with motivation for learning REDUCE. From what i could
gather so far from the REDUCE documentation, it seems quite
impressive, and since there's a free version available for download
(the pay version is relatively affordable), it would be expecially
suited for inclusion as an optional package in Sage ("optional"
because although there is a free download version, and the full source
is viewable, it is not GPL-free i believe).
Unfortunately, as I have stated in an earlier posting, I work mostly
with numerical analysis and simulation (Matlab/Scilab/LabVIEW), so a
diversion into REDUCE (and Sage, for that matter) will be done on my
free time, and it may take me a while before I am in a position to
write an interface, if ever, so don't wait for me if you feel like
doing it yourself!
regards,
Hazem
On Oct 14, 2:10 am, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> John Cremona wrote:
> > I think it would be impossible to write an interface to a package you
> > do not (yet) know. Any Sage-REDUCE interface should be written by
> > someone who knows REDUCE very well. They possibly do not need to know
> > Sage so well.
>
> > John Cremona
>
> I agree with the above. Unfortunately, the intersection of Sage and
> REDUCE users is as far as I know empty. Thus Hazem I hope you will
> learn REDUCE "very well", so you can write a Sage/REDUCE interface.
>
> I made an attempt at this a while ago -- it's in the file
> devel/sage/sage/interfaces/reduce.py
> included in every copy of Sage. I didn't know reduce at all,
> so didn't get so far.
>
> You can try what is there and maye get somewhere...
>
> sage: import sage.interfaces.reduce as r
> sage: r.reduce('2+2')
> boom?
>
> William
>
>
>
>
>
> > 2008/10/13 Hazem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> >> Hi William,
>
> >> I am interested in learning REDUCE by using the Sage interface. I
> >> don't know if it is a requirement to know REDUCE beforehand, or how
> >> well, in order to be able to write the interface. Also, I am a
> >> beginning user of Sage and my Python skills are rudimentary, although
> >> I have a feeling I could pick it up quickly.
>
> >> Another reason I posted the question was because I have a physicist
> >> friend who asked me if he could use REDUCE and Sage together.
>
> >> So to answer your question, I would do it if it seemed easy enough for
> >> me :)
>
> >> With my respects and admiration for your work,
>
> >> Hazem
>
> >> On Oct 13, 3:03 am, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> Hazem wrote:
>
> >>>> Does anyone know how to use the REDUCE algebra package in SAGE? is it
> >>>> even possible yet?
> >>> It is not possible yet. Are you interested in writing a Sage/REDUCE
> >>> interface?
>
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>
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