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Symbolica
Company blog · symbolica.io/posts · on HN as SPACECADET3Dprogrammingmath
Symbolica is the company blog at symbolica.io, writing about programming and math. Since 2023, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 12 times, most often “Symbolica Computer Algebra System”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Symbolica's docs for its computer algebra system, which covers pattern matching and replacing expressions, similar to regex for text, and the license terms.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
High-performance symbolic-numeric computing for Python and Rust.
Most-linked posts?
- Symbolica Computer Algebra System3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2024-02-29
- Symbolica 2.0: Programmable Symbols for Python and Rust2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-06-05
- Control Flow Patterns in Rust2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-04-07
What Hacker News says?
I started work on a new computer algebra system in Rust that has Python bindings: https://symbolica.io/ For many operations it is orders of magnitude faster than sympy.
Comment linking /
on “SymPy: Symbolic Mathematics in Python”Submitted Symbolica Computer Algebra System as a story · 156 points
HN discussion> Symbolica allows you to build and manipulate mathematical expressions through matching and replacing patterns, similar to regex for text Some details on this are at https://symbolica.io/docs/pattern_matching.html
Comment linking /docs/pattern_matching.html
on “Symbolica Computer Algebra System”Submitted Algorithms through the lens of symbolic pattern matching as a story · 71 points
HN discussionSee https://symbolica.io/docs/get_started.html#license for the context.
Comment linking /docs/get_started.html
on “Symbolica Computer Algebra System”Submitted Symbolica 1.0 released: Symbolic mathematics in Rust as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fast Rust expression evaluation with custom assembly as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Control Flow Patterns in Rust as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted Symbolica 2.0: Programmable Symbols for Python and Rust as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Symbolica: Computer Algebra Library as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Symbolica 2.0: programmable symbols for Python and Rust as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Control Flow Patterns in Rust as a story · 1 points
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