On Dec 12, 2007 12:24 PM, G. Edgar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you go to sourceforge.com and search for "computer algebra" you get > 2494 results.
Many of these have nothing to do with computer algebra -- maybe 100 of them are even relevant. These are included in those 2494: * "FOG is Free, Open-source ghost, a computer imaging/rescue suite." * "PokerTH is a poker game written in C++/QT4. You can play the popular "Texas Hold'em" > Is SAGE better than the other 2493? Yes, for certainly people; no for others. :-) > Why are there so many separate projects, instead of far fewer projects > with many more participants for each? In some cases, lack of leadership, clear well-defined goals, organization, etc., but in other cases it is very natural that there should be many projects. E.g., many of those projects serve specific needs, e.g., numerics in java, or simple cas functionality in scheme, etc. -- William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-forum URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
