cas in python

[faulkner]

import ctypes
ctypes.cdll.find('ginac')

i like designing APIs, and i'm up for learning ctypes, so i'll help
wrap ginac using ctypes.

ondrej.certik at gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
> from time to time, people here are asking about the computer algebra
> system (cas) in python. I wonder, is there a demand for such a thing?
>
> I would be interested in functionality of at least ginac, but
> something, which could easily be extended. Ginac (pyginac or swiginac)
> are fine, but it seems to me to be too complex and contains a lot of
> redundant code (imho). What I need is not a speed in the first place,
> but rather rich features and simple code which I (and others) can
> extend. I would like to experiment with new features, functions, etc.,
> but using a normal language like python (or c++). Which is quite
> difficult in ginac or maple/mathematica.
>
> I also (like other people here) wrote a proof of concept a year ago:
>
> http://ondrej.certik.cz/cas.php
>
> and I also (like others) don't have much time to continue on it. On the
> other hand, it really does seem possible to write it in a way, which is
> very easy to understand, yet feature rich.
>
> So if anyone is interested in developing such a thing, please let me
> know. Or at least what you think about it - does it make sense to write
> another cas?
> 
> Ondrej