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From: dooley@helios.toronto.edu (Kevin Dooley)
Newsgroups: ut.general
Subject: Re: net request for info. on Macsyma on MIPS
Message-ID: <807@helios.toronto.edu>
Date: 23 May 89 18:49:50 GMT
References: <805@helios.toronto.edu>
Reply-To: dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Kevin Dooley)
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In article <805@helios.toronto.edu> sysruth@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Ruth Milner) writes:
>This appeared recently on sci.math.symbolic. I don't know how many of you
>read this regularly, so I thought I would repost it to this list in case
>anyone could help this fellow.
>----------------
>I understand that the Univ. of Toronto people (I would like some more
>information on this) have ported Macsyma to the MIPS machines.
>Some one out there tell me who to get in touch with about this.  
> [...]
>Bill Smith

Our group here in physics is considering buying this same machine. 
We would be grateful if anybody who knows anything about this package
or any other symbolic manipulation software for MIPS hardware could
e-mail me a synopsis of what you know.  We would actually prefer 
REDUCE over Macsyma because of its simpler handling of tensor
equations and Dirac matrices, but please send me anything you have.
Presumably, if there are people here who have been doing such work
for MIPS hardware, you must have some experience with the machine
itself as well.  What are your impressions?  How well does it work
in a multiuser environment?  How much maintenance does it require?
etc.

Thanks in advance,
Kevin Dooley


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