On Jul 10, 2007, at 2:20 PM, David Harvey wrote:
> > I don't really like the idea of "modules that imitate various > environments", i.e. I don't think it's possible or desirable for us to > try to look specifically like any other system. Mathematica semantics > are so different from SAGE's, it would be misleading to suggest > anything like that. I agree. Even suggesting that such a thing is possible could lead to support headaches, as those with a strong background in My Favorite CAS try to get precisely the semantics they are used to. I think it is better to suggest that one can use a startup file of the user's own devising to try to emulate what they like about MFCAS, without claiming that it's really feasible. > But I *do* like the idea of the clean initial > namespace, which gets subsequently polluted on demand when > requested by > the user. Yeah! Let the polluters clean up their own sandboxes :-} Justin -- Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon-At-Large, Director Institute for the Enhancement of the Director's Income -------- The path of least resistance: it's not just for electricity any more. -------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
