Not being an expert on Lisp, I was willing to entertain the possibility that Lisp may have technical advantages, but massive redesign and re-coding of Sage at this stage seemed like a huge mistake. I thought you had lost it, and wondered about the future of Sage because of it!
I'm afraid many people who didn't know it was a joke may lose faith in the project and look elsewhere. The April 1st thread will show up on search results just like any other, with no indication it was anything but a joke. Hazem On Apr 2, 2:36 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Hazem <hazem.biqa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It was real scary for a non-developer like me, since I honestly could > > not tell whether it was a joke from you original post :) > > Sorry to scare you, and I'm glad my April 1 joke was so convincing? > > It was also a commentary on Richard Fatemen's repeated suggestions > that we really should rewrite Sage in Lisp. When I think seriously > about how much work that would be, it becomes clear that even if it > were a good idea (it isn't), it would not be feasible. > > william > > > > > > > Thanks for the clarifications. > > > Hazem > > > On Apr 2, 1:53 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Hazem <hazem.biqa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > You guys are nuts. When I read the post, I almost sh*t my pants! I > >> > hope it really was an April's fool joke. > > >> It was an April's fool joke. > > >> > But since we're at it, I'd vote for Aldor. > > >> I'm saving that for next year. > > >> > This brings me to a related point, which is not a joke: When is the > >> > move to Python3 planned for Sage? > > >> After every Python component of Sage moves to Python3, e.g., numpy, > >> scipy, scons, etc. > > >> William > > >> > Hazem > > >> > On Apr 2, 10:58 am, Robert Dodier <robert.dod...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Harald Schilly wrote: > >> >> > I suggest to fork python, call it sagepy, and build some lisp++ on top > >> >> > of python's lambda operator. Then, with it's own language, sage is > >> >> > more powerful than anything else out there and attracts developers > >> >> > from all over the world. > > >> >> A program so massive that nothing, not even light, can escape from it. > > >> >> Robert Dodier > > >> -- > >> William Stein > >> Associate Professor of Mathematics > >> University of Washingtonhttp://wstein.org > > -- > William Stein > Associate Professor of Mathematics > University of Washingtonhttp://wstein.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
