The idea is implemented in Scientific Workplace (www.tcisoft.com)
There it is possible to use Maple or Mathematica from a latex(2.09)-shell.
Isn't is possible to use Mathematica from MS-word as well (Wolfram should
have
a addon for that??)
Would indeed be nice to use Scilab or MuPAD or Maxima (whatever free
math-program)
or proprietary programs such as Maple or Mathematica from LyX.
(By the way Maple 6 is out). MuPAD would be quite nice as it is like
Maple.
The future lies in nice programs that can import and export XML - files
anyway.
A nice LyX with full XML filtering capabilities would be in good demand
and important
in a survival game.
This message is of course cheap talk. (= Wild ideas without a single line
of code) .
Best,
Staffan.