Well since it probably supports command line arguments, you could always use 'system' method
On Jan 31, 5:22 am, Richard Schneeman <rails-mailing-l...@andreas- s.net> wrote: > I'm looking to write a javascript heavy clientside program with a > something serverside backend that connects to the free maxima math > program. I have extensive knowledge of ruby on rails, so I would prefer > to call Maxima with ruby, but I don't know if this is even possible. Its > fairly easy to call Maxima (with a lisp implementation) using ANSI C, it > is a little less easy to implement using JAVA with a lisp implementation > like Armed Bear, but I don't see any information about using Maxima with > Ruby or Ruby on Rails. > > Since Maxima as far as I can tell is the number one most powerful > open-source math program, and RoR is my favorite open-source web > framework, it would seem like a good fit. Has anyone implemented any > math heavy applications with RoR, and can you give me any advice (anyone > know if RoR and maxima is possible) ?? > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
