Pari Python

[Robert Kern]

Anton Mellit wrote:
>> Have you looked at SAGE at all? They already have wrappers for Pari.
> 
> Well :) I expected that question. I tried. But the distribution for
> windows is so big :( (2GB) and I could not build it on cygwin, where
> it is also pretty big. And I so much like pari - it is so light and
> simple and still can do almost everything. So my idea is to make
> simple module for python so that you don't need to install 2GB program
> with 2000 functions where it is difficult to find the one you need,
> but just type 'import pari', and then help(pari), and then find a
> function like 'ellinit' and create an elliptic curve, or type some
> polynomial and factor, or expand some function into power series, or
> integrate numerically...
> 
> I heard from some people that SAGE is good but i somehow don't
> appreciate the approach.
> 
>> I don't recommend continuing to modify core parts of Python just for your
>> module. It means that you will break other Python modules. If you can't use
>> other Python modules with your module, what's the point of using Python at all?
> 
> Of course you don't have to replace ** with ^ or making that hack with
> division. The module would work with or without these changes. But I
> think every mathematician agrees that x**2 is really ugly.

So? There is no reason to make alterations to the core to achieve what you want.
You just need to parse your almost-Python code yourself before executing it.
That's what SAGE does. You really should take a closer look at it. It is
possible to take just part of SAGE and not install the whole thing.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
 that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
 an underlying truth."
  -- Umberto Eco