[Maxima] Calling maxima from outside world

[Gerd Kortemeyer]

Hi,

On Feb 8, 2012, at 2:44 PM, WIZ Me wrote:

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> Is there a document explaining in simple terms how to delegate computations to Maxima from another programming language ?

As far as I know, there is no straightforward way to use MAXIMA as a kernel. Here's something that may be useful:

http://www.lon-capa.org/maximaasserver.html

The first program is a daemon that starts several instances of MAXIMA, keeps them alive, and let's you talk to them via a socket. From your other language, call the socket when you need anything (a Perl example is included). Works very well for us, just don't look at the duct tape behind the scenes.

- Gerd.