From: Chris S. <C.J...@ed...> - 2023-01-18 19:39:18
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Richard, On 18 January 2023 18:39 you said > Looking for the program, I came across Bruce Miller's paper on formatting expressions in Macsyma in various ways... > https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/IR/nistir5618.pdf > > Even lacking access to the source code it should not be too challenging to (re-)implement these designs, should someone take on this project. This is currently available in maxima with load("format"); https://sourceforge.net/p/maxima/code/ci/master/tree/share/contrib/format/ Is this what you are suggesting someone might "re-implement"? Or did I miss something? I think the format package is masterful in design, I use it a lot and it deserves to be much better known! Chris The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336. |