In this previous post, an example is shown that demonstrates the potential problems that can arise following symbolic conversions such as from sqrt(x^2)  to x^(1/2).

Here x is an unknown symbol. The difficulties include the fact that, while `sqrt` can be smart about simplifying numeric values (eg. integers, rationals) the `^` operator has no such opportunity. Once the conversion from `sqrt`...

> q := x^(1/2):

> type(q, `^`);
                                     true
> op(0,q);
                                       ^

> subsindets(q, `^`, f->subsop(0=H,f));
Error, (in unknown) improper op or subscript selector

What's wrong with that last one? It's modelled on the first Example in the ?subsindets help-page.

Are there cases where...

The pair of (desktop icon) image files Maple12Classic.png and Maple12.png could more sensibly be installed in some location such as the $MAPLE/etc directory.

Having them get installed, as in Maple 12, to $MAPLE/bin is a little strange.

The usual use of bin directories is for executables, and not binaries in general. Eg. some other binary objects such as shared object libraries may be in lib/, and text shell-scripts may also be in bin/. So the fact thet .png files are "binary" isn't any good reason to place them in bin/.

acer

It would be nicer if the nprofile commandline utility had its own script in $MAPLE/bin similar to the maple and xmaple scripts.

That is the place that one usually either looks for Maple executables or appends to one's PATH. A single location makes more sense and is easier.

It would also be nicer if nprofile help-page mentioned something like the exprofile help-page's comment that, "The preferred method for creating the output  file is with writeto() and/or appendto()."

So, after many years in the making, version 1.0 of wine is released.

Can anyone say, whether it'll run Maple 12?

acer