What is the functionality in REDUCE which you need which is not
already provided in Sage? My impression is that REDUCE is a rather
old package which has not been actively developed for some time
(though I may well be wrong -- I last used it in the 1980s).
John
2008/10/14 Hazem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>
> Interesting...there's an opportunity for me to contribute ro Sage.
> Very exciting!
> I'll have a look at your attempt, William.
>
> In the meantime, can anyone direct me to a comparison between REDUCE
> and Mathematica, Maple, MuPAD, Axiom, or Maxima or some of the other
> familiar packages? I haven't found anything like that. It will help
> provide me with motivation for learning REDUCE. From what i could
> gather so far from the REDUCE documentation, it seems quite
> impressive, and since there's a free version available for download
> (the pay version is relatively affordable), it would be expecially
> suited for inclusion as an optional package in Sage ("optional"
> because although there is a free download version, and the full source
> is viewable, it is not GPL-free i believe).
>
> Unfortunately, as I have stated in an earlier posting, I work mostly
> with numerical analysis and simulation (Matlab/Scilab/LabVIEW), so a
> diversion into REDUCE (and Sage, for that matter) will be done on my
> free time, and it may take me a while before I am in a position to
> write an interface, if ever, so don't wait for me if you feel like
> doing it yourself!
>
> regards,
>
> Hazem
>
>
> On Oct 14, 2:10 am, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> John Cremona wrote:
>> > I think it would be impossible to write an interface to a package you
>> > do not (yet) know. Any Sage-REDUCE interface should be written by
>> > someone who knows REDUCE very well. They possibly do not need to know
>> > Sage so well.
>>
>> > John Cremona
>>
>> I agree with the above. Unfortunately, the intersection of Sage and
>> REDUCE users is as far as I know empty. Thus Hazem I hope you will
>> learn REDUCE "very well", so you can write a Sage/REDUCE interface.
>>
>> I made an attempt at this a while ago -- it's in the file
>> devel/sage/sage/interfaces/reduce.py
>> included in every copy of Sage. I didn't know reduce at all,
>> so didn't get so far.
>>
>> You can try what is there and maye get somewhere...
>>
>> sage: import sage.interfaces.reduce as r
>> sage: r.reduce('2+2')
>> boom?
>>
>> William
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > 2008/10/13 Hazem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>> >> Hi William,
>>
>> >> I am interested in learning REDUCE by using the Sage interface. I
>> >> don't know if it is a requirement to know REDUCE beforehand, or how
>> >> well, in order to be able to write the interface. Also, I am a
>> >> beginning user of Sage and my Python skills are rudimentary, although
>> >> I have a feeling I could pick it up quickly.
>>
>> >> Another reason I posted the question was because I have a physicist
>> >> friend who asked me if he could use REDUCE and Sage together.
>>
>> >> So to answer your question, I would do it if it seemed easy enough for
>> >> me :)
>>
>> >> With my respects and admiration for your work,
>>
>> >> Hazem
>>
>> >> On Oct 13, 3:03 am, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >>> Hazem wrote:
>>
>> >>>> Does anyone know how to use the REDUCE algebra package in SAGE? is it
>> >>>> even possible yet?
>> >>> It is not possible yet. Are you interested in writing a Sage/REDUCE
>> >>> interface?
>>
>> >>> William- Hide quoted text -
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