Re: as for Calc and the math library

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
> Cc: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 16:45:54 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > If Emacs is to have a math library, the library must use high-quality
> > mathematical and numerical algorithms that are well-known and
> > described in many textbooks on this subject matter...
> 
> I agree with this point, but I suspect that writing such a library from
> scratch might be a bit difficult.

It depends on the scope and the person who'd like to work on that.

> May I suggest an alternative: abstract out GNU Calc math routines to be
> available from Elisp without having to read Calc sources.
> Such a task would require:
> 1. Documenting some Calc data structures
> 2. Possibly refactoring some Calc functions to use simpler API.
> 
> It would be a much easier task and can improve the existing
> functionality.

I don't think I understand well enough what will this entail in
practice.  Can you show an example of doing this for a couple of
functions?

In any case, this job, as any other job in Emacs, needs its
volunteer(s).  Until we have such volunteers, it's all academic.