From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Adding a generic mathematical library Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:15:18 +0200 Message-ID: <87msmf86ax.fsf@dataswamp.org> References: <8734o9sdig.fsf@posteo.net> <87wmllqq66.fsf@posteo.net> <87plrdqnhc.fsf@posteo.net> <87le21qldj.fsf_-_@posteo.net> <87r0bssde4.fsf@web.de> <87frs8sb8p.fsf@web.de> <87zfqf8c8n.fsf@dataswamp.org> <86plrbf990.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="15958"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:WV1XxvM4ZHo/ul9idbh7O1jAmcc= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 18 10:52:28 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sUMsC-0003fI-Jd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:52:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sUMrY-0001hW-GD; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:51:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sUMIT-0005nv-Kz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:15:30 -0400 Original-Received: from ciao.gmane.io ([116.202.254.214]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sUMIS-0007ah-3M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:15:29 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sUMIP-0006YS-4f for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:15:25 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Mail-Copies-To: never Received-SPF: pass client-ip=116.202.254.214; envelope-from=ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; helo=ciao.gmane.io X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 04:51:43 -0400 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:321784 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> In general libraries for everything is a good way of not >> having people write code that solves the same problems over >> and over. > > Yes, but since the functions you propose are not in Emacs, > and neither (AFAICT) is any code which resembles them, > I wonder whether the need is a real one and general enough > to justify such a package. There is no need for a math library for the Emacs editor, which is extensively used by programmers and tech people all over the world. Because math is not a general need. That people write their own Elisp because they don't have official software to do even trivial things doesn't make the need real. Yeah, what can I say? Just unbelievable. -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal