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Re: Linking a C program to Mathematica (ver. 1.2)

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From: Engelsma Jonathan
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 20:28
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In article <1992Apr8.171212.23130@socrates.umd.edu>, fletcher@socrates.umd.edu (Charles Fletcher) writes:
|> 
|> 	Yes, you can get this from WRI (I believe it is still free), 
|> 	but don't bother (yet.) As I wrote Shane, there a basically
|> 	five ways to connect C->Mma:
|> 
|> 	1) MathLink--This is a standard set down by WRI (and is suppose
|> 	to connect their kernels and frontends in the future.) For all
|> 	practical purposes, this doesn't work at this time (I would be 
|> 	glad to hear from *anyone* to the contrary.) After making some
|> 	changes to the code, I did get the frontend example working
|> 	(see the MathLink directory under Mathematica.app) However, I haven't
|> 	gotten any of the simple examples to work that are given in the
|> 	docs (nor do I know anyone who has.) Some WRI reps told me that
|> 	MathLink still isn't working (note that WRI isn't using it.)
|> 	Word has it that it will be working in version 2.1, whenever that
|> 	comes along.
|> 

I find this strange.  I got the frontend and some of the examples
to work without modifications.  Everything seemed to work as 
documented.  

BTW, anybody know how I can reach WRI via e-mail?

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Subject: Re: Linking a C program to Mathematica (ver. 1.2)
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Keywords: Mathematica, MathLink, MathTool, OTI MathPalette, Mark Phillips
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