On May 11, 6:17 am, kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There should be at least one thing that a user who has never heard of
> "variables" in computers can do without var or actually defining a
> function.
>
> sage: f(x) = x
> sage: plot(f) # works but two liner to plot even the simplest non-
> constant function
>
> I've introduced this concept to probably hundreds of people in many
> talks, workshops, and Joint Meetings discussions, and I have a strong
> suspicion that dumping 'x' will lead to more dumps of Sage than you
> think - by those who are not yet using it but are starting to finally
> consider it. To be honest, the var('y') is already a hard sell,
> though one I've learned to just barely justify to users.
Perhaps you can just tell them to use
sage: _(y)=y
instead then? That doesn't even need quotes!
then, by extension?
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