newRPL - build 1255 released! [updated to 1299]

[The Shadow]

Ah, I see. I'm wondering if it's too cumbersome to have a set of rules for both reals and matrices. Like I said before, maybe we should declare the types of variables so that the right rules are used for it. Like, maybe variables are real by default, so 'X' is assumed real; but 'X.MAT' is assumed matrix.

Alternatively, have a separate MATRIXSIMPLIFY command. AUTOSIMPLIFY would then assume that variables are real. Flipping a flag would then cause EVAL to MATRIXSIMPLIFY rather than AUTOSIMPLIFY when used on an algebraic object. (It would still use AUTOSIMPLIFY on the entries of a matrix.)