[Axiom-developer] Ideas for "next generation" CAS

2005-08-08 Thread daly
CY, re: published summary of thoughts. not really. it's an evolving idea. my current thinking on the subject revolves around the "30 year horizon" and the "petamachine question". in 30 years a researcher will have a machine with a Thz of cpu, a TByte of storage, a PetaByte of disk space, and a T

Re: [Axiom-developer] Ideas for "next generation" CAS?

2005-08-08 Thread C Y
In that same vein, does anybody know anything about this effort? http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/Projects/NuPrl/ "The Nuprl proof development system is a framework for the development of formalized mathematical knowledge as well as for the synthesis, verification, and optimization of software. It

[Axiom-developer] Ideas for "next generation" CAS?

2005-08-08 Thread C Y
Hey Tim. I recall some time back you mentioned some ideas you had for a "proper" redesign of Axiom, incorporating proof systems and some fundamental design philosophy considerations, among other things. Is there a summary of those thoughts somewhere? I'm having some trouble finding it in the arc