Re: [Axiom-developer] Axisp news

[C Y]

Stephen Wilson wrote:

>     * One of the next sub-projects is to implement a testing framework
>       based on one of the many unit-testing tools available to Lisp. I
>       want to ensure that all aspects of the system are checked.

That sounds like a good idea :-).  If you decide on a good one, perhaps
we can standardize on it for other aspects of Lisp in Axiom.

This is probably dated now, but perhaps it can be a starting point:
http://wiki.alu.org/Test_Frameworks

>     * Literate documentation.  Going through the existing code and
>       documenting it fully in an artful way would be almost as great a
>       challenge as the task I am taking on.  My hope is that we get
>       literate code almost `for free' as a consequence of the
>       rewrite.

That is my opinion (and hope) as well.

> So, I am really advocating a vision for Axiom as a whole.  But the
> means by which I am going to advance these notions is by writing the
> code, by making it happen.

*Cheers*

Thanks Steve for stepping up to the plate.

CY