[Axiom-developer] Re: [open-axiom-devel] [fricas-devel] Re: iterators

2007-10-21 Thread Stephen Watt
e > > > >for e in g repeat > >(a, b) := e > >... > > Possible in Aldor > > >or even > > > >for (a, b) in g repeat > >... > > > >given that g returns a Cross. > > Not possible in Aldor. > > > > St

Re: [Aldor-l] [Axiom-developer] Axiom for Aldor or Aldor for Axiom?

2007-09-03 Thread Stephen Watt
On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 11:22:31PM -0400, Bill Page wrote: > ... > Are you aware that currently Aldor works within Axiom by compiling to > Lisp? How do you see FOAM being involved? Could you expand a little on > this comment? In case it is not clear: FOAM is the compilation target for Aldor, and

[Axiom-developer] Re: [Aldor-l] export to vs. export from

2006-12-06 Thread Stephen Watt
"export from" is correct. -- Stephen On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 05:34:59PM +0100, Ralf Hemmecke wrote: > Can somebody explain the difference between Aldor's >export from ... > and >export to ... > > Peter Broadbery used > > export from UNISEG %; > > in axextend.as from > > http://

[Axiom-developer] Re: [Aldor-l] Type: Type

2006-08-29 Thread Stephen Watt
You are correct that there is a potential inconsistency. We avoid Russel's paradox by limiting the operations for constructing and testing membership in type categories. Note that many programming languages have the problem of allowing types with no elements, which can lead to the type theory equ

[Axiom-developer] Re: [Aldor-l] [Axiom-math] Are Fraction and Complex domains.

2006-05-17 Thread Stephen Watt
Dear Christian et al, I've been following your discussion with interest. The way things are intended to be in the Aldor *language* is as follows. Expressions in type context (e.g. T in a: T := ...) must be formed from names that are constant in that scope. These names may be of any type and

[Axiom-developer] [FreeAldor] Freeing Aldor

2006-01-26 Thread Stephen Watt
Changes http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/FreeAldor/diff -- Thank you to Bill Page for bringing this web site to my attention. I am supportive of this movement, and have started discussions to move in this direction. Stephen Watt -- forwarded from http://wiki.axiom-developer.org/[EMAIL PROTECTED