On 11/1/07, Martin Albrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Usually, if we choose an implementation for a particular functionality, we try > to make sure to always pick the best implementation available. However, this > choice only applies to those systems we ship (singular, gap, pari ...) and > not to the systems installed on a user's computer. > > As for many computations e.g. Magma is the fastest one person in the audience > suggested to use Magma by default for those computations if it is available > on a user's computer.
> I turned this down, because this would violate the principle that everything > should be laid open for checking,should be free and self contained. I agree and I'm also wondering how many lines of codes that would add (because you have to check each time you call a method if magma is installed, right?). didier --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
