[sage-devel] Re: interact versus manipulate

2008-03-08 Thread Robert Miller
+1 interact On Mar 8, 1:57 pm, mhampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The advantage of vivify is all the derivative terms that flow from it > - you could cache images with revivify, explore 4D graphs with > vivisection...hmm... > > +1 to interact. > > -M. Hampton > > On Mar 8, 3:11 pm, Chris Swier

[sage-devel] Re: interact versus manipulate

2008-03-08 Thread mhampton
The advantage of vivify is all the derivative terms that flow from it - you could cache images with revivify, explore 4D graphs with vivisection...hmm... +1 to interact. -M. Hampton On Mar 8, 3:11 pm, Chris Swierczewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > +1 vivify (actually, make it +1 interact) > >

[sage-devel] Re: interact versus manipulate

2008-03-08 Thread Chris Swierczewski
+1 vivify (actually, make it +1 interact) -- Chris Swierczewski --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://group

[sage-devel] Re: interact versus manipulate

2008-03-08 Thread Nils Bruin
Is there a standard/precedent for function decorations being verbs, adverbs or adjectives? I could see the verb from the implementor's point of view (you are wrapping/changing the given function), but the python syntax puts the identifying in a clearly declarative place. That indicates that it sho

[sage-devel] Re: interact versus manipulate

2008-03-08 Thread Robert Bradshaw
On Mar 8, 2008, at 10:38 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, David Harvey wrote: > >> >> operate >> maneuver >> modify >> activate >> guide >> wield >> steer >> drive >> tamper >> mangle >> knead >> adjust >> mutate >> modulate >> alter >> metamorphose >> morph >> renovate >> trans

[sage-devel] Re: interact versus manipulate

2008-03-08 Thread boothby
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008, David Harvey wrote: > > operate > maneuver > modify > activate > guide > wield > steer > drive > tamper > mangle > knead > adjust > mutate > modulate > alter > metamorphose > morph > renovate > transform > perturb > animate > vivify > > Well I never even heard of "vivify" b

[sage-devel] Re: interact versus manipulate

2008-03-08 Thread William Stein
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 8:05 AM, David Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 8, 2008, at 10:53 AM, David Harvey wrote: > > >> I'm trying to decide if Sage's new "mathematica manipulate" like > >> functionality should > >> be called "manipulate" or "interact". > > Oh and by the way, it

[sage-devel] Re: interact versus manipulate

2008-03-08 Thread David Harvey
On Mar 8, 2008, at 10:53 AM, David Harvey wrote: >> I'm trying to decide if Sage's new "mathematica manipulate" like >> functionality should >> be called "manipulate" or "interact". Oh and by the way, it looks way cool. I'm looking forward to playing with it. david --~--~-~--~~

[sage-devel] Re: interact versus manipulate

2008-03-08 Thread Harald Schilly
On Mar 8, 4:18 pm, "William Stein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > be called "manipulate" or "interact". > well, i'm not a native speaker, but what about "interactive"? would describe it best imo. h --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To post to this group, send email to sage-deve

[sage-devel] Re: interact versus manipulate

2008-03-08 Thread David Harvey
On Mar 8, 2008, at 10:18 AM, William Stein wrote: > I'm trying to decide if Sage's new "mathematica manipulate" like > functionality should > be called "manipulate" or "interact". [...] > Thoughts about the above names: >1. Mathematica calls this command "Manipulate", so if > we call it ma

[sage-devel] Re: interact versus manipulate

2008-03-08 Thread Franco Saliola
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 10:18 AM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to decide if Sage's new "mathematica manipulate" like > functionality should > be called "manipulate" or "interact". I really like interact. Mainly because the term "interactive geometry software" is used t

[sage-devel] Re: interact versus manipulate

2008-03-08 Thread Hector Villafuerte
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 9:18 AM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > If you care about this new functionality, just let me > know what you think, between the above two names or > other names you might think up. ... Cool functionality! + 1 for 'interact' -- Hector --~--~-~