Re: Maxima on Zaurus, CAS on palm

From: Tim Daly (daly_at_rio.sci.ccny.cuny.edu)
Date: 06/29/04 

Date: 29 Jun 2004 05:46:06 -0700

"Leo Harten" <leoharten@rcn.com> wrote in message news:<40da187d$0$3033$61fed72c@news.rcn.com>...
> One of the nice parts about Macsyma is the modularity.
> On the PDP-10 where it was developed in MacLisp,
> there was a decent sized kernel that was loaded.
> Additional packages, such as for SOLVE, INTEGRATE,
> etc. would load up as required. Can you implement
> such a method for the Palm?

Slightly off-topic... GCL (Gnu Common Lisp) which underlies
Maxima (and Axiom) runs on the Sharp Zaurus, a palm-like
handheld. If you want a portable Maxima the Zaurus will
fit the bill. If you want a CAS on your palm try Yacas.

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