Thanks! Unfortunately, I don't know Python - just Perl and Ruby. But I really want to put an open source symbolic package up on a MeeGo pocket form factor device. I'm thinking (command line) Maxima for sure, wxMaxima if the wx toolkit works. But I don't know which Lisp I want to use as the engine.

Clisp is what's in openSUSE, so that's probably where I'll end up. I also need Lisp for the algorithmic composition stuff, so I'd prefer a Lisp that will support both Maxima and Common Music.

By way of comparison, command line Maxima ran just fine on the Sharp Zaurus. I believe the processors are faster and there is more RAM in today's devices. ;-)

Speaking of which, the Nokia N900 appears to be the closest thing available to a "MeeGo" device. Is it available in the USA? From a carrier, or do I have to buy an unlocked one and pick a carrier? If I have to buy an unlocked one and pick a carrier, which carriers will work with it? Is there an emulator?
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M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
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"A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems." ~ Paul Erdos

Quoting "Ville M. Vainio" <[email protected]>:

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 10:31 PM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky
<[email protected]> wrote:

keyboards and more RAM / CPU power? Am I stuck with C++ for efficiency
reasons, or can I get away with a scripting language? And which scripting
languages are going to be feasible in the pocket form factors?

Just look at Maemo right now, you'll get a pretty good idea. There's
lots of Python apps around in maemoland, and they run reasonably well
even if they take a few secs to launch.

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Ville M. Vainio
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