William Stein wrote: > On Nov 19, 2007 8:57 AM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> 3. Dumb question -- Where is the actual source code of anything in Maple? >>>> I'm skimming through my Maple install to see some actual source code >>>> and >>>> I can't find anything. The lib/ directory has lots of .mla >>>> files, but these are all >>>> pre-compiled binary files -- no source code. Is there some tool >>>> included with >>>> Maple to decompile them? (I'm not being rhetorical, I simply >>>> don't know >>>> how to actually view source code of Maple functions, even if I wanted >>>> to.) >>> Some links dealing with this: >>> >>> http://www.mapleprimes.com/blog/jacquesc/old-timer-techniques >>> >>> http://www.mapleprimes.com/forum/algorithms-used-in-maple >>> >>> http://thproxy.jinr.ru/Documents/MapleV/qa/section3_4.html > > Interestingly, this link says "Printing the code in this way does not > include any of the programmer's comments. If you want a separate copy > of the library source code, with comments, it is available from the > distributors for a set price. Some Maple procedures are coded > completely within the kernel. Their code is not available. If you try > to print them you see the following type of special procedure body." > > So you have to pay extra for the comments! Wow. That's truly bizarre.
Here's an official FAQ entry about this all. It says that 95% of Maple code is accessible and about 5% is in the kernel and not accessible. http://www.maplesoft.com/support/faqs/mathematics/5.aspx -Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
