# CAS benchmarks (Symbolics.jl and Maxima)

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**Category:** Performance\
**Tags:** symbolic\
**Created:** [April 1, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/cas-benchmarks-symbolics-jl-and-maxima/58359 "2021-04-01T00:24:24Z")\
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> [@rfateman](#):
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> Regarding providing code (etc). I am in favor of test results in published papers being reproducible. In this forum I’m not sure that this is often provided.

Well, you are answering to the man that took up himself writing this PSA:

> [@Please read: make it easier to help you](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-make-it-easier-to-help-you/14757):
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> Welcome to the Julia Discourse! We are enthusiastic about helping Julia programmers, both beginner and experienced. This public service announcement (PSA) outlines best practices when asking for help. Following these points makes it easier for us to help you and more likely you’ll get a prompt, useful answer. Keywords are highlighted to make it easier to refer to specific points. Choose a descriptive title that captures the key part of your question, eg “plots with multiple axes” instead of …

Which is probably mostly cited because its first and third points, the third one being: " Do your best to make your example **self-contained** (“minimal working example”, **MWE** ), […]"

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