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Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Fricas
From: |
Gabriel Dos Reis |
Subject: |
Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Fricas |
Date: |
Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:48:20 -0500 (CDT) |
On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, C Y wrote:
| --- Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> wrote:
|
| > It strikes that people are trying hard to speculate on Fricas goals
| > and methods, much more than the originator of the Fricas project :-)
|
| Point - in fact, a very good point. Waldek isn't joining this fray so
| far, but I'll quote from
| http://www.math.uni.wroc.pl/~hebisch/fricas/fricas-reg.html
|
| "FriCAS will use traditional methodology for new developement and
| gradually convert other files back to traditional form..."
|
| (as opposed to literate form, if I understand his statement correctly.)
|
| "FriCAS will use lightweight developement, allowing much faster
| evolution."
|
| That seems to be sufficiently different from Axiom as I have understood
| it to be defined to merit a separate project.
I'm not arguing that Fricas is the same project as Axiom. There is a
whole world of difference between being a different project and a hostile
project. I've not seen anything in Fricas' published manifesto that would
make me (as an Axiom user or Axiom developer) nourrish a hostility with
respect to Fricas. In fact, I hope that after this summer heat, we would
be all back into the same boat again.
| (And is probably a good
| canditate for a description on the Axiom website.) In my opinion, it is
| also to lead to a system which will diverge quite rapidly from Axiom's
| current form. Since Axiom itself will be diverging from its current
| point (although probably more slowly) compatibility is likely to be a
| difficult goal to strive for. Particularly if one or both projects
| start re-examining fundamental design decisions.
Well, I believe "compatibility" needs qualification.
>From user perspective, I don't really care how the internal
algebra is built as far as my existing programs continue to work.
| I have seen no responses to my previous question, which I think defines
| the issue: are there defining goals of Axiom the project that should
| result in development in directions incompatible with those goals
| becoming new projects?
If you were expecting ans answer from me, I did not give one simply because I
do not believe I understand the question correctly to give a meaningful
answer.
-- Gaby
- [Axiom-developer] Fricas, (continued)
- [Axiom-developer] Fricas, daly, 2007/07/26
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Fricas, Ralf Hemmecke, 2007/07/26
- [Axiom-developer] Re: Fricas, Bill Page, 2007/07/26
- [Axiom-developer] Re: Fricas, Bill Page, 2007/07/26
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Fricas, C Y, 2007/07/26
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Fricas, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/07/26
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Fricas, Alfredo Portes, 2007/07/26
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Fricas, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/07/27
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Fricas, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/07/26
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Fricas, C Y, 2007/07/26
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Fricas,
Gabriel Dos Reis <=
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Fricas, Bill Page, 2007/07/26
[Axiom-developer] Fricas, daly, 2007/07/26
[Axiom-developer] Fricas, daly, 2007/07/26
[Axiom-developer] Fricas, daly, 2007/07/26
[Axiom-developer] Fricas, daly, 2007/07/26