Re: [Maxima-discuss] How can I call Maxima functions from a language different from Common Lisp? (FFI or server/client, doesn't matter)

[Michel T. <ta...@lp...>]

Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I would like to integrate Maxima in some other software I've been
> working on, but I couldn't find in the manual how to do this. I
> suppose that since Maxima is written in Common Lisp, it would be
> difficult to call it directly via FFI, but I was wondering if
> it's possible to have a Maxima server listening over some TCP
> port, and speaking some protocol.
>
> Is  this possible? I would guess so, since Slime seems to do
> that. If it is possible, where is it documented?
>
> Thank you!
> Jeronimo
>
>
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It is possible and this is the way wxmaxima and so on communicate with maxima.
You can start with
maxima -s
and then play communicating with the socket using netcat. Probably you need to
strip the prompts (%i1) (%o1) etc.
There are numerous posts on the mailing list on this subject.


-- 
Michel Talon