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From: wgilson@ll.mit.edu (William Gilson)
Subject: MathLink to J?
Message-ID: <1993Apr21.173949.13762@ll.mit.edu>
Sender: wgilson@ll.mit.edu (William Gilson)
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 93 17:39:49 GMT
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J permits concise expression and fast execution of numerical algorithms, has 
no graphics, and few built-in numerical routines.  Mathematica has very slow execution,
sometimes cumbersome notation, excellent graphics, and many built-in numerical
routines.  This suggests (to me, anyway) that many problems could be solved
efficiently with a MathLink from Mathematica to J, allowing Mathematica routines
to pass J code and numerical values to the J interpreter and to receive return values.

Has anyone attempted this?  Is there something I don't know that makes this foolhardy?
Please advise.

				Willy Gilson
