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Maxima is a version of the Macsyma symbolic computation system built on top of AKCL, a version of KCL (Kyoto Common Lisp) with enhancements from University of Texas at Austin. Another symbolic computing system we have is Reduce that will also be CL-based.
We have moved from the Franz Lisp based Vaxima system, on the Kentvax, SUN-3, and Encore to Maxima. This reflects our desire to converge on the common lisp standard and to make our research results more widely available via CL and the CL-based Maxima.
At the present time, the Sparc Stations Monkey, Dragon, Tiger, and Snake have standardized AKCL and Maxima implementations that include Kent enhancements. AKCL and Maxima are also running on the Warp. Manual pages are established. Most franz-lisp based packages for Vaxima have already been ported to run under Maxima. Later AKCL and Maxima should also be made available for instructional purposed on the Sun Labs and other workstations.
There is a Maxima Primer and the man page on Maxima provides useful information for new users of Maxima. This document provides additional information on AKCL and Maxima.
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