Re: Adding a generic mathematical library

[Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>]

Christopher Dimech wrote:

> To get what you want, you have to agree with something.
> Otherwise you get the resistance you have witnessed. I am in
> agreement with Eli on this thing. We should first discuss
> its scope and design.

This is the reason the same code gets written over and over in
the Elisp world.

This is a more common thing than really odd inclusion of
software where one program that has absolutely nothing to do
with some other still has that (require 'software) - ???

People want to do something to their number or string, there
is such a string function, but it is in Gnus. Their program
has nothing to do with Gnus so to bring that in is insane.

But is it better to kill/yank the Gnus function and rename it
and have the same thing two, three ... times? No, both
alternatives are equally bad.

And the solution are libraries for everyone to use, not mere
files one is expected to find is some alien body of code and
then ... yes, what are you supposed to do in that situation,
if I may have a good answer to that question?

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