#5111: [with patch, needs review] axiom --> fricas ?
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Reporter: was | Owner: mhansen
Type: enhancement | Status: assigned
Priority: blocker | Milestone: sage-3.4.1
Component: interfaces | Keywords:
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Comment(by bpage):
Mike,
On my Debian 5.0 (Lenny) x86 system I have not been able to compile recent
versions of Axiom from source using the instructions here:
http://axiom.axiom-developer.org/axiom-website/download.html
I get build errors early in the process. What did you use to get the
"January 2009 release of Axiom" referred to in your tests?
After installing the binary version of Axiom via
{{{
apt-get install axiom
}}}
I do get the older "2005" version of Axiom which does seem to run ok
(known problems with Hyperdoc etc. notwithstanding). However this version
seems to have pexpect synchronization problems.
{{{
sage: axiom('1+1')
sage:
}}}
returns no visible result, while
{{{
sage: fricas('1+1')
2
sage:
}}}
behaves as expected.
I think the problem is probably caused by the differences in readline
behavior under gcl and/or minor differences in the initial prompts. I am
not sure how to handle this so long as we depend on an externally
installed version of Axiom. If Sage is going to continue to support Axiom
as an option, perhaps some effort needs to be given to creating an
optional Axiom spkg ... (Don't look at me! :-). Otherwise, I would not be
against getting rid of the 'axiom' function all together.
On this same subject: What consideration, if any, has been given to
providing a similar interface for OpenAxiom? Does anyone want this?
Regards,
Bill Page.
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