From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13787 invoked by alias); 6 Mar 2015 06:03:43 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-apps-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Sender: cygwin-apps-owner@cygwin.com List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 13777 invoked by uid 89); 6 Mar 2015 06:03:42 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-in-04.arcor-online.net Received: from mail-in-04.arcor-online.net (HELO mail-in-04.arcor-online.net) (151.189.21.44) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (CAMELLIA256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 06 Mar 2015 06:03:40 +0000 Received: from mail-in-15-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-15-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.32]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3kyz091QfFz5GFx for ; Fri, 6 Mar 2015 07:03:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-in-14.arcor-online.net (mail-in-14.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.54]) by mail-in-15-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E94A33EFFC for ; Fri, 6 Mar 2015 07:03:37 +0100 (CET) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-14.arcor-online.net 3kyz090Sb5z4nS3 Received: from Gertrud (p54B7F199.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [84.183.241.153]) (Authenticated sender: stromeko@arcor.de) by mail-in-14.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3kyz090Sb5z4nS3 for ; Fri, 6 Mar 2015 07:03:37 +0100 (CET) From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [PLUSH HIPPO] Re: [ITA] maxima-5.35.1 References: <87sidjxlsm.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <20150305224127.GA5312@calimero.vinschen.de> Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 06:03:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20150305224127.GA5312@calimero.vinschen.de> (Corinna Vinschen's message of "Thu, 5 Mar 2015 23:41:27 +0100") Message-ID: <877fuuy85n.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-SW-Source: 2015-03/txt/msg00072.txt.bz2 Corinna Vinschen writes: >> I'm proposing to resurrect maxima as a Cygwin >> package. The packaging is modeled after openSUSE. > > Resurrect? We had that already at one point? Yes, but only on 32bit due to the missing clisp due to the missing ffcall=E2=80=A6 it got removed during the recent cleanup of stale dependen= cies. > You're fishing for hippos, too, it seems ;) This is entirely self-serving=E2=80=A6 When I have to do some sensitivity analysis it is nice to do it via symbolic differentiation as much as possible before veering into numerics. I'm no longer doing this often enough to be sure of not making stupid errors while trying to remember the chain rules, so Maxima to the rescue. :-P Regards, Achim. --=20 +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Waldorf MIDI Implementation & additional documentation: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfDocs