RISC OS Open: Forum: Symbolic/Numeric CAS Package

Apr 25, 2014 3:36pm

Egon Rath (2225) 54 posts

Hi,
i am looking for a CAS Package which can do Symbolic and Numeric computing and also plot 2d graphs. Something like Maxima or GNU Octave. Does something similar exist for RISC OS?
Thanks,
Egon

Apr 25, 2014 5:51pm

GavinWraith (26) 1563 posts

No. And the reason is that until recently RISC OS was very limited for doing floating point calculations in hardware. Things could change with the new ARM chips being used; why not? Even for integer arithmetic (say you are a number theorist) an absence of fp in hardware is quite hampering.

Two decades ago I used Gofer on an Archimedes for some symbolic calculation problems, but that is probably not what you are after. For 2d graphs have you tried LuaFox?

Most big packages, like Maxima, MatLab, Mathematica, Octave or Magma, have been developed for a Unix or Windows environment. There are good economic reasons why there are not any RISC OS implementations, alas.

Apr 26, 2014 6:12am

Egon Rath (2225) 54 posts

Hello,
thanks for the information – seems like i have to keep a linux box for this purpose :-)
Egon

Apr 26, 2014 7:45am

WPB (1391) 352 posts

There was an ancient port of MatLab to RISC OS years ago, called, unsurprisingly !MatLab. There’s also !RLab, though I haven’t used it in many a year. I know these probably aren’t what you’re looking for, but worth a mention!

Apr 26, 2014 4:38pm

David Boddie (1934) 222 posts

It might be possible to use SymPy and the rest of the SciPy suite (http://scipy.org/) depending on the current state of Python support on RISC OS.

Apr 28, 2014 7:47am

Raik (463) 2061 posts

A old (first release?) of !RLab you can find here (Uni Stuttgart ;-))

For !MatLab and other stuff (e.g. !RLab) look here but it is old stuff, I mean.

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Apr 25, 2014 3:36pm Egon Rath (2225) 54 posts	Hi, i am looking for a CAS Package which can do Symbolic and Numeric computing and also plot 2d graphs. Something like Maxima or GNU Octave. Does something similar exist for RISC OS? Thanks, Egon

Apr 25, 2014 5:51pm GavinWraith (26) 1563 posts	No. And the reason is that until recently RISC OS was very limited for doing floating point calculations in hardware. Things could change with the new ARM chips being used; why not? Even for integer arithmetic (say you are a number theorist) an absence of fp in hardware is quite hampering. Two decades ago I used Gofer on an Archimedes for some symbolic calculation problems, but that is probably not what you are after. For 2d graphs have you tried LuaFox? Most big packages, like Maxima, MatLab, Mathematica, Octave or Magma, have been developed for a Unix or Windows environment. There are good economic reasons why there are not any RISC OS implementations, alas.

Apr 26, 2014 6:12am Egon Rath (2225) 54 posts	Hello, thanks for the information – seems like i have to keep a linux box for this purpose :-) Egon

Apr 26, 2014 7:45am WPB (1391) 352 posts	There was an ancient port of MatLab to RISC OS years ago, called, unsurprisingly !MatLab. There’s also !RLab, though I haven’t used it in many a year. I know these probably aren’t what you’re looking for, but worth a mention!

Apr 26, 2014 4:38pm David Boddie (1934) 222 posts	It might be possible to use SymPy and the rest of the SciPy suite (http://scipy.org/) depending on the current state of Python support on RISC OS.

Apr 28, 2014 7:47am Raik (463) 2061 posts	A old (first release?) of !RLab you can find here (Uni Stuttgart ;-)) For !MatLab and other stuff (e.g. !RLab) look here but it is old stuff, I mean.