[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-03 Thread root
I can try to build a Sage binary on Fedora 3 if you wish but I'm not optimistic. I know that my Fedora 5 could not build Sage because the compiler was too old. The compiler wasn't too old, it was *borken*, i.e. internal compiler error. IIRC it was some gcc 4.1.0 and as well all know a .0

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-03 Thread mabshoff
On May 3, 7:50 pm, root [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP Ok. I'll try a fedora 3 build. Sage failed to build in fedora 3 The log is at http://daly.axiom-developer.org/install.log Tim Hi Tim, R fails to build since it picks up the system's readline. We have some similar issue with R

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-02 Thread Harald Schilly
On May 2, 3:19 am, David Joyner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks good to me. I think Python is actually in the top 5 languages now, isn't it? just for completeness, released today: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10065 - Readers' Choice Awards 2008 / Favorite Scripting Language: Python

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-02 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On May 1, 2008, at 5:49 PM, William Stein wrote: On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Robert Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 1, 2008, at 2:51 PM, William Stein wrote: Hi, I wrote a new version of my ISSAC talk abstract. What do you think:

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-02 Thread Simon King
Dear William, On May 2, 12:23 am, Bill Page [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The previous abstract (the second one?, definitely not the first) seemed like a good balance to me: What is Sage? What can it do? I agree. The second abstract contains the message (among other things): 1. If you have a

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-02 Thread Simon King
Dear William, I am sorry about my previous post, since it was out-dated. My comment did only refer to message number 25 in this thread and to the abstract version at http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/was/tmp/abstract.pdf Now, we have

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-02 Thread Michael Abshoff
Harald Schilly wrote: On May 2, 3:19 am, David Joyner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Looks good to me. I think Python is actually in the top 5 languages now, isn't it? just for completeness, released today: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/10065 - Readers' Choice Awards 2008 /

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-02 Thread Alfredo Portes
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 5:13 AM, Simon King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the idea to use a Live CD is a very good one. It is good when people have the opportunity to try sage right on the spot. Is there anyone in the list that can share binaries of Sage 3.x for Fedora Core 3 (a higher FC

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-02 Thread mabshoff
On May 2, 2:02 pm, Alfredo Portes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 5:13 AM, Simon King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:  I think the idea to use a Live CD is a very good one. It is good when  people have the opportunity to try sage right on the spot. Is there anyone in the list

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-02 Thread root
Alfredo, I can try to build a Sage binary on Fedora 3 if you wish but I'm not optimistic. I know that my Fedora 5 could not build Sage because the compiler was too old. Fedora 3 likely has the same issue. Tim --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-02 Thread mabshoff
On May 2, 9:18 pm, root [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alfredo, Hi Tim, I can try to build a Sage binary on Fedora 3 if you wish but I'm not optimistic. I know that my Fedora 5 could not build Sage because the compiler was too old. The compiler wasn't too old, it was *borken*, i.e. internal

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-02 Thread root
I can try to build a Sage binary on Fedora 3 if you wish but I'm not optimistic. I know that my Fedora 5 could not build Sage because the compiler was too old. The compiler wasn't too old, it was *borken*, i.e. internal compiler error. IIRC it was some gcc 4.1.0 and as well all know a .0

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread David Joyner
Very good! On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:51 PM, William Stein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I wrote a new version of my ISSAC talk abstract. What do you think: http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/was/tmp/abstract.pdf -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread Bill Page
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:51 PM, William Stein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I wrote a new version of my ISSAC talk abstract. What do you think: http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/was/tmp/abstract.pdf This is abstract number 3, right? I hope I got that right. Well, ah ... -1. I thought

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread Roman Pearce
I liked the abstract2 version better. It had a better overview of the project :) --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread root
In the past I have had 2 distributions that I gave away at ISSAC. The first was my Rosetta collection (about 100 open source systems collected onto CDs). Some of these I eventually put on the ISSAC CD itself (I constructed the CD for 2 years). It was distributed by ACM. The second was an Axiom

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On May 1, 2008, at 2:51 PM, William Stein wrote: Hi, I wrote a new version of my ISSAC talk abstract. What do you think: http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/was/tmp/abstract.pdf I think the previous abstract (version 2) is much better--this abstract seems more a reaction to the recent

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread root
You might consider designating a particular snapshot (say, 3.0) that you plan to package and build onto CDs. If they use Alfredo Portes's Doyen Live CD then people can just boot up their laptops and have Sage running live immediately. In fact, If you used the Live CD to give your talk

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread root
Though I've never been to ISSAC (someone who has been, correct me if I'm wrong), I get the impression that many of the people there would have little C programs and scripts that they use/develop for research. If this is the case then I think it would be worthwhile expanding on the

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread William Stein
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Robert Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 1, 2008, at 2:51 PM, William Stein wrote: Hi, I wrote a new version of my ISSAC talk abstract. What do you think: http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/was/tmp/abstract.pdf I think the previous

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread Timothy Clemans
I'm not pissed off about it in fact I think it is a great introduction to Sage. I particularly like the last line. Great job! On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:49 PM, William Stein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Robert Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 1,

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread David Joyner
Looks good to me. I think Python is actually in the top 5 languages now, isn't it? Maybe Perl is 5 and Python is 6? In any case, my only suggestion is to emphasize the point that *you* needed an alternative to the M's by pointing out somehow that (a) the others are propritary and therefore not

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread Craig Citro
Let me know what you think.It will probably piss off everybody, but I guarantee you it is the most honest thing I've ever written about Sage. I like it a lot -- but maybe I'm the choir. :) I can only think of one thing I'd like to see added: a short list highlighting a few of the

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread Jason Grout
William Stein wrote: On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Robert Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On May 1, 2008, at 2:51 PM, William Stein wrote: Hi, I wrote a new version of my ISSAC talk abstract. What do you think: http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/was/tmp/abstract.pdf

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread Dan Drake
On Thu, 01 May 2008 at 05:49PM -0700, William Stein wrote: Thanks for your patience with my experiments. Please see abstract number 3: http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/was/tmp/abstract3.pdf Let me know what you think.It will probably piss off everybody, but I guarantee you it

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-05-01 Thread William Stein
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 6:19 PM, David Joyner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks good to me. I think Python is actually in the top 5 languages now, isn't it? Maybe Perl is 5 and Python is 6? In the latest TIOBE ranking it is #7:

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread Bill Page
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 1:57 AM, William Stein wrote: Hi, I'm giving a plenary talk at ISSAC in Linz, Austria this summer. I'm supposed to write a 2-page abstract/paper for the proceedings. I just wrote something: http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/was/tmp/abstract.pdf

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread Roman Pearce
BTW, asking for contributors is the surest way to get zero contributors. You should invite people to try Sage (online) and to download it so it runs faster. Also, I thought of another great reason why they would like Sage. Many of these people write their own libraries. Then you have to write

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread Roman Pearce
On Apr 29, 11:57 pm, William Stein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm giving a plenary talk at ISSAC in Linz, Austria this summer.  I'm supposed to write a 2-page abstract/paper for the proceedings.  I just wrote something:    http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/was/tmp/abstract.pdf I think what

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread Michael Brickenstein
I would be interested in real word use cases, which demonstrate, why such a system is needed. E.g., I think Simon king did some cool things involving at least Singular, GAP, Cython... On 30 Apr., 12:00, Roman Pearce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, asking for contributors is the surest way to get

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread David Joyner
I like it but perhaps I am prejudiced:-) IMHO, SAGE would be dead (or at least a very lonely research project) if it weren't for the fact that it is free and open source. But also, design is an important factor. Some ideas (I hesitate to call them suggestions since it seems fine as is): 1.

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread mhampton
I agree somewhat with others here that you might want to make this a little more 'technical'. I would start with your sentence Sage itself is... - describe what it is first, then some of its capabilities and technical advantages. As far as open-source and free, I think the best thing is to

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread Simon King
Dear Michael, On Apr 30, 12:15 pm, Michael Brickenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be interested in real word use cases, which demonstrate, why such a system is needed. E.g., I think Simon king did some cool things involving at least Singular, GAP, Cython... Do you call the

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread Simon King
Hi, On Apr 30, 12:26 pm, David Joyner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3. A specific example could be mentioned which smoothly integrates several systems. As Michael B suggests, a group invariant computation in a number field mixes GAP (for groups), Pari for the number field (is this correct?), and

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread Michael Brickenstein
Hi Simon! Do you call the computation of cohomology rings of finite p-groups a real world application?? Sorry, I used the wrong terms. I meant something like: nothing synthetic, just composing a few features, but demonstrating, how SAGE can be used to compute an actual research problem. I was

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread Michael Brickenstein
By the way, for me it matters most that Python is a *beautiful* language. Michael On 30 Apr., 14:02, Michael Brickenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Simon! Do you call the computation of cohomology rings of finite p-groups a real world application?? Sorry, I used the wrong terms. I

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread David Joyner
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 7:46 AM, Simon King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Michael, On Apr 30, 12:15 pm, Michael Brickenstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would be interested in real word use cases, which demonstrate, why such a system is needed. E.g., I think Simon king did some

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread William Stein
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Bill Page [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 1:57 AM, William Stein wrote: Hi, I'm giving a plenary talk at ISSAC in Linz, Austria this summer. I'm supposed to write a 2-page abstract/paper for the proceedings. I just wrote

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread William Stein
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 2:34 AM, Roman Pearce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 29, 11:57 pm, William Stein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm giving a plenary talk at ISSAC in Linz, Austria this summer. I'm supposed to write a 2-page abstract/paper for the proceedings. I just wrote

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread William Stein
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 3:26 AM, David Joyner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like it but perhaps I am prejudiced:-) IMHO, SAGE would be dead (or at least a very lonely research project) if it weren't for the fact that it is free and open source. Sage would certainly not be dead even if I

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread Martin Albrecht
You seem to be anti-open source in your own work, which is what *really* matters to you. It's my understanding that you've written a very interesting library in computer algebra and it is closed source. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have the impression you generally don't see the value

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread Simon King
Dear Martin, dear William, On Apr 30, 4:39 pm, Martin Albrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip If I understood the e-mail correctly then Roman implied that at *this particular meeting* asking for contributors might be perceived as annoying? Thus he shared his opinion to help us to make the

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread William Stein
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 7:39 AM, Martin Albrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You seem to be anti-open source in your own work, which is what *really* matters to you. It's my understanding that you've written a very interesting library in computer algebra and it is closed source.

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread Bill Page
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:53 AM, William Stein wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 12:02 AM, Bill Page wrote: On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 1:57 AM, William Stein wrote: I'm giving a plenary talk at ISSAC in Linz, Austria this summer. I'm supposed to write a 2-page

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread William Stein
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Bill Page [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Bill, Thanks for elaborating and clarifying your thoughts. I've posted a new version of the abstract here: http://sage.math.washington.edu/home/was/tmp/abstract2.pdf You guys might dislike it even more. We'll see :-)

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread Simon King
Dear William, in line 3, it should be could, not ncould. IMO, you should mention Cython. In fact, i started to use Sage mainly because Cython made it possible to easily use the C-programs of my boss. Otherwise i would have had tried to do everything in Singular. But i guess you will mention

[sage-devel] Re: ISSAC abstract

2008-04-30 Thread Roman Pearce
On Apr 30, 8:09 am, William Stein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The open source philosophy is the entire reason for the existence of Sage. That may be true, but it won't sell. There have been other open source systems before Sage (Axiom, Maxima, ...) and very good specialized systems (Singular,