mathematica

>>> from mathlink import *
>>> import exceptions,sys, re, os
>>> from types import ListType
>>> mathematicaversion = "8.0"
>>> os.environ["PATH"] = "/usr/local/Wolfram/Mathematica/" + mathematicaversion + ":/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin"
>>> e = env()
>>> sys.argv=['textfrontend.py', '-linkname', 'math -mathlink', '-linkmode', 'launch']
>>> kernel = e.openargv(sys.argv)
>>> kernel.connect()
>>> kernel.ready()
0
>>> kernel.putfunction("Prime",1)
>>> kernel.putinteger(10)
>>> kernel.flush()
>>> kernel.ready()
0
>>> kernel.nextpacket()
8
>>> packetdescriptiondictionary[3]
'ReturnPacket'
>>> kernel.getinteger()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
mathlink.error: MLGet out of sequence.