cas in python

[ondrej.certik at gmail.com]

ginac already has two separate bindings, pyginac and swiginac.
O.

faulkner wrote:
> 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