Re: [Aldor-l] [Axiom-developer] "has" and "with" (was curious algebrafailure)

2007-08-16 Thread William Sit
Martin Rubey wrote: > I have used Aldor, SPAD, the Aldor interpreter and the axiom interpreter quite > intensively, and found the combination Aldor + axiom interpreter formidable. > > What I found most impressive is that the axiom interpreter is designed well > enough to work seamlessly with new p

Re: [Aldor-l] [Axiom-developer] "has" and "with" (was curious algebrafailure)

2007-08-16 Thread Martin Rubey
I do not know yet what Bnatural is. But if the axiom interpreter does not provide automatic coercions and type guessing, you might as well throw it away. As Ralf already pointed out, no matter what language you use for scripting - be it Bnatural (whatever that is) or the current axiom scripting l

Re: [Aldor-l] [Axiom-developer] "has" and "with" (was curious algebrafailure)

2007-08-15 Thread Ralf Hemmecke
On 08/14/2007 11:10 PM, Bill Page wrote: On 8/14/07, William Sit wrote: ... For me, translating Spad code accepted by the Axiom interpreter into Spad code accepted by the compiler is a pain. Either require explicit coercions and calls in both the compiler and interpreter, or provide the SAME ve

Re: [Aldor-l] [Axiom-developer] "has" and "with" (was curious algebrafailure)

2007-08-14 Thread Bill Page
On 8/14/07, William Sit wrote: > ... > For me, translating Spad code accepted by the Axiom interpreter into Spad code > accepted by the compiler is a pain. Either require explicit coercions and > calls in > both the compiler and interpreter, or provide the SAME verifiable/selectable > assistance i

Re: [Aldor-l] [Axiom-developer] "has" and "with" (was curious algebrafailure)

2007-08-14 Thread William Sit
Martin Rubey wrote: > My personal preference is: > > * no automatic coercion in the compiler In principle, I agree with this. The source of library code should be unambiguous (in addition to well-documented). In practice, it would be nice if there is some help, such as spitting out possible co

RE: [Aldor-l] [Axiom-developer] "has" and "with" (was curious algebrafailure)

2007-08-13 Thread Weiss, Juergen
49(6131)39-26407 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Ralf Hemmecke > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 4:55 PM > To: Gabriel Dos Reis > Cc: axiom-developer@nongnu.org > Subject: Re: [Aldor-l] [Axiom-developer