Fernando Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Rahul wrote: > >> Hi. >> The reason is simple enough. I plan to do some academic research >> related to computer algebra for which i need some package which i can >> call as a library. Since i am not going to use the package >> myself..(rather my program will)..it will be helpful to have a python >> package since i wanted to write the thing in python. if none is >> available then probably i will need to work on an interface to some >> package written in some other language or work in that language itself. > > I've heard of people writing a Python MathLink interface to Mathematica, which > essentially turns Mathematica into a Python module. But I don't have any > references handy, sorry, and as far as I remember it was done as a private > contract. But it's doable.
It should also be doable with Maple, using the OpenMaple API. I've looked at it, and it should be possible. I haven't had the time to actually do anything, though :-) -- |>|\/|< /--------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |David M. Cooke |cookedm(at)physics(dot)mcmaster(dot)ca -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list