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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: as for Calc and the math library
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 16:45:54 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877ccnj9dp.fsf@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86zfpjirkg.fsf@gnu.org>

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.

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.

-- 
Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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  reply	other threads:[~2024-08-11 16:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 82+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-10 22:48 as for Calc and the math library Emanuel Berg
2024-08-11  4:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-11 16:45   ` Ihor Radchenko [this message]
2024-08-11 16:55     ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-11 17:05     ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-11 17:59     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-11 18:17       ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-11 18:32         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-11 19:53           ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-11 18:27       ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-11 18:38         ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-12  6:28           ` New Emacs features via Google Summer of Code (or other similar stipend schemes) (was: as for Calc and the math library) Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-12 11:09             ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-12 12:10               ` New Emacs features via Google Summer of Code (or other similar stipend schemes) Joel Reicher
2024-08-12 18:59                 ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-12 22:28                   ` Pedro
2024-08-14 10:07                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-15 11:44                     ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-12 19:17               ` New Emacs features via Google Summer of Code (or other similar stipend schemes) (was: as for Calc and the math library) Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-13  8:12                 ` New Emacs features via Google Summer of Code (or other similar stipend schemes) Andrea Corallo
2024-08-18 11:48                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-18 12:35                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-18 12:52                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-18 13:39                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-18 13:56                           ` RTF import/export emacs (was: New Emacs features via Google Summer of Code (or other similar stipend schemes)) Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-18 14:14                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-18 14:35                               ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-18 14:38                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-18 17:37                                 ` Jim Porter
2024-08-18 18:16                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-18 18:38                                     ` Jim Porter
2024-08-18 19:05                                       ` tomas
2024-08-13 11:02                 ` New Emacs features via Google Summer of Code (or other similar stipend schemes) (was: as for Calc and the math library) Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-18 11:09                   ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-18 11:25                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-18 11:33                     ` Stefan Kangas
2024-08-18 12:47                       ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-11 18:52         ` as for Calc and the math library Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-11 19:13           ` Ihor Radchenko
2024-08-12  2:24             ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-11 21:50           ` Christopher Dimech
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2024-08-12  5:30 arthur miller
2024-08-12 11:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-12 11:23   ` Nicolas Martyanoff
2024-08-12 11:46     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-12 12:11       ` Nicolas Martyanoff
2024-08-12 13:22         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-12 13:38           ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-15  1:59             ` Richard Stallman
2024-08-15  3:06               ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-15  6:43                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-15 13:28                   ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-15 16:39                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-13  7:16           ` Sv: " arthur miller
2024-08-13 12:12             ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-13 13:10               ` Nicolas Martyanoff
2024-08-13 13:30                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-13 13:48                   ` Nicolas Martyanoff
2024-08-13 21:43               ` Sv: " arthur miller
2024-08-14  5:09                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-14  8:45                   ` Sv: " arthur miller
2024-08-14  9:56                     ` Nicolas Martyanoff
2024-08-14 10:43                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-13  5:39       ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-14  4:11         ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-14  6:23           ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-14  6:28             ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-14  6:43               ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-14 14:00             ` Suhail Singh
2024-08-14 14:20               ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-14 15:08                 ` Suhail Singh
2024-08-14 15:31                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-14 16:00                     ` Suhail Singh
2024-08-14 16:24                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-14 20:35                       ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-15  5:00                     ` Sv: " arthur miller
2024-08-15  7:02                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-15 20:09                         ` Sv: " arthur miller
2024-08-16  5:47                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-18 16:38                           ` Richard Stallman
2024-08-18 17:27                             ` Christopher Dimech
2024-08-19 12:05                             ` Sv: " arthur miller
2024-08-24  2:59                               ` Richard Stallman
2024-08-24  2:59                               ` Richard Stallman
2024-08-14 14:35               ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-14 14:40                 ` Nicolas Martyanoff
2024-08-14 14:47                   ` Gerd Möllmann
2024-08-14 14:49                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-14  5:29     ` Madhu

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