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by college_physics 1229 days ago
its an intriguing combination of languages and maybe one that would serve well other projects. Combining python and C++ is clearly common, but expressing algorithms / expressions as latex hits another sweet spot.

Makes sense to have a performant "backend". My experience with macsyma is, ahem, quite a bit dated, but I still remember it would choke on large calculations and needed careful massaging of intermediate steps.