On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 6:19 AM, <freewill1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi > > I am new to sage and hence, not very familiar. > > However, while going through the documentation, I saw some examples of > usage of functions that are provided by other packages like maxima, > octave etc. > > I am bit confused, about whether I have to know all those packages > before being able to use sage to its full advantage, or is it the case
depends on how you define "full advantage":-) > that, sage automatically chooses one of these packages (maxima etc.) > and solves the required problem. > > And if this is the case, how do I know which package has been selected > for execution. If "foo" is a command you want to use then typing "foo??" will allow you to read the source code, from which you can usually tell if maxima or singular or whatever is called (or if the code is pure Python or Cython). If you have a specific question though, just ask sage-support. > > Thanking you. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
