On Fri, 1 Sep 2006, root wrote: | Latex is not optional, it is not overhead, it is not waste. | If latex is not installed then axiom SHOULD NOT BUILD.
The logical consequence is that Axiom would probably stay in its black hole ghetto and you continue ranting alone here wondering why nobody recognizes the value of Axiom, and why you have so few people contributing to Axiom. The 30-years horizons might just be 30-years night. | I get the distinct impression that no-one has really made the | transition to literate programming. I strongly suspect you get a VERY WRONG impression. The question is not whether we understand the value of literate programming. The issue is more about how we leverage on existing tools to bring literate programming mainstream. Until you appreciate that that you can NOT take over the world overnight, you will unknowingly be harming Axiom. [...] | Literate programming has almost nothing to do with latex. How true! Now get down, and concrete. Axiom requires latex to build. That requirement should be losened until you take over the world. Latex isn't needed for running and testing Axiom. Refusing to build Axiom on a system where latex does not exist is not just non-sensical. It does active harm to the project itself. Nobody has proposed that Axiom be non-literate -- if that is what you're arguing. -- Gaby _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
