On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Martin Rubey <martin.ru...@math.uni-hannover.de> wrote: > William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> writes: > >> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Martin Rubey >> <martin.ru...@math.uni-hannover.de> wrote: >>> ceterum censeo 2: >>> >>>> The problem -- which is a serious one -- is that Sage's symbolic >>>> integration is by default done using Maxima (this is currently the >>>> main way in which Maxima is used in Sage; the other big way is for >>>> solving symbolic equations). >>> >>> For my ears (well, eyes :-) this sounds like an insult. (and I'm >>> certainly not a maxima developer.) >> >> We are shipping a central critical component of Sage -- the symbolic >> integration function -- which none of us fully understand or know how >> to fix bugs in. This *is* a problem. > > If that's the reason (and I agree it's a very good reason), why don't > you state just this?
You're absolutely right, I should just state this: We are shipping a central critical component of Sage -- the symbolic integration function -- which none of us fully understand or know how to fix bugs in. This *is* a problem. William -- To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URL: http://www.sagemath.org
