Thanks. Hazem
On Oct 14, 4:48 pm, "David Joyner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This should help:http://axiom-wiki.newsynthesis.org/Rosetta > (or you can try here,http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/RosettaStone/ > but the download link there is broken). Also, you can > (it says) try reduce here:http://axiom-wiki.newsynthesis.org/FrontPage > I've not tested that though. > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Hazem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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? > > >> >>> William- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
