Bug#890525: RFP: fricas -- computer algebra system
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : fricas
Version : 1.3.2
Upstream Author : Waldek Hebisch <hebisch@math.uni.wroc.pl>
* URL : https://sourceforge.net/projects/fricas/
see also http://fricas.github.io/ for docs
* License : Modified BSD
Programming Lang: Lisp, Boot, SPAD, ?Aldor
Description : RFP FriCAS computer algebra system
The computer algebra system Axiom (originally developed at IBM, then sold to NAG) became open source in 2002.
In 2007 Axiom was forked by two other projects, OpenAxiom and FriCAS.
Axiom and OpenAxiom are currently packaged in Debian distribution (Maintainer: Camm Maguire), FriCAS is not.
CAS users would appreciate having FriCAS distributed in Debian because nowadays Axiom and FriCAS have different, complementary priorities:
the former emphasizes documentation and literal programming, the latter fast-development.
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