On 19 May, 04:24, Robert Bradshaw <rober...@math.washington.edu> wrote: > On May 18, 2010, at 5:17 PM, Paulo César Pereira de Andrade wrote: > > > 2010/5/18 Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com>: > >> So what do you suggest as a solution then? > > > Peace and Love! > > > That being said, people work better when there is competition. As > > long as there is "balance in power", and mutual respect/trust, things > > should just work. But that is something that even with infinite > > multiple precision, probably cannot be resolved with just math :-) > > There can be amicable forks (e.g. Pyrex/Cython), but like you said it > takes mutual respect and trust. There is certainly a lack of trust on > both sides, as well as lack of respect, and it'd be nice if that all > went away but that's easier said than done (especially with the > personalities in question).
OK, I can take a hint. It seems that MPIR and the bignum community in general would be better off without me. I'm going to give it a rest for a while and let some other people give it a go. I'll concentrate on some other research/projects for a few years. Bill. > > For the most part, I like seeing the people on both sides just trying > to make the best code possible, rather than spend too much energy on > politics (though clearly defamatory statements can cause direct harm), > and we all benefit. > > - Robert > > -- > To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel > URL:http://www.sagemath.org -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
