Network servers for symbolic mathematics
Richard J. Fateman · 1997
\Ve describe advantages to using network socket facilities for communication and distributed computing from the perspective of symbolic mathematics systems.For some applications, an easily constructed Lisp server model provides a flexible portal between computer algebra and other programs, and onc need not use new languages or new systems or write new stand-alone web-specific cgi-bin applications.Such socket programs can use, if necessary, HTML as a common transport encoding, but more efficient means are possible, lVe show that, rather than distributing afl information to each computer algebra user's system, it makes sense to consider networking for accessing tables of information maintained iit one or a few sites.Finally, we mention some consequences of the economic value of computation.Pmn)ission t,] ,nakr digital /har(l COPY of all or part Of this work for I)ersonal ur classroom use is granted witho{lt fee provided that copies we lint I)ladc