SPELL=maxima VERSION=5.43.0 SOURCE=${SPELL}-${VERSION}.tar.gz SOURCE_DIRECTORY=${BUILD_DIRECTORY}/${SPELL}-${VERSION} SOURCE_URL[0]=http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/$SPELL/Maxima-source/$VERSION-source/$SOURCE SOURCE_HASH=sha512:6611eda4bf81bc5454bf6dd641c73a470cc07b2f768d9550b3abeb7b68f1b4675fd5eca766c52844438e9247d8035be537c7120c9f49cdaed9f918d49ed16659 LICENSE[0]=GPL WEB_SITE=http://maxima.sourceforge.net/ KEYWORDS="algebra lisp science" ENTERED=20020312 SHORT="Lisp implementation of MIT Macsyma for computer based algebra" cat << EOF Maxima is a Common Lisp implementation of MIT's Macsyma system for computer based algebra. Maxima is now about to be released under the GNU Public License. * Plotting via netmath over the network. * Computations over network * Well tested on a large array of problems. * Source level Debugger for maxima code * Documentation available as html, or texinfo and so info, and so dvi and postscript. * Latest source development version available or look here for how to download using cvs. * Easy to extend in fundamentally new ways, because you have complete access to source, and access to Common Lisp. * Portable to many systems. * Now covered by GNU public license, so it will stay free. * Was the first computer algebra system, and is one of the best. * It is possible to evaluate forms from web pages in local maxima or in remote ones. Also to access pari, octave, and gap from netmath. EOF