Re: [Rd] Computer algebra in R - would that be an idea??

2005-07-15 Thread bry
About a year ago there was a discussion about interfacing R with J on the J forum, the best method seemed to be that outlined in this vector article http://www.vector.org.uk/archive/v194/finn194.htm and use J instead of APL http://www.jsoftware.com __

Re: [Rd] Computer algebra in R - would that be an idea??

2005-07-16 Thread bry
> > > >well, I've learned about J as the ASCII-variant of APL, and APL > >used to be my first `beloved' computer language (in high school!) > >-- but does J really provide computer algebra in the sense of > >Maxima , Maple or yacas... ?? No, but I was seeing this thread as more interest in expandi