[Maxima] Trouble in Solving Equation

[Barton Willis]

 ----maxima-bounces at math.utexas.edu wrote: -----

> My copy of the documentation doesn't seem to have any information about
> what a statement like

>  (%i1) a/b : c/d;

> should do. The results are quite surprising to me, at least. Is there
> some logic behind them?

The assignment (a+b) : (c+d) gives an error. Surely a/b : c/d should also give 
an error. The user documentation doesn't say what happens for assignments to
expressions such as a/b. 

--Barton