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: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 02:24:42 +0200 Message-ID: <87zfq2e52t.fsf@dataswamp.org> References: <87o76ik616.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="27527"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Cancel-Lock: sha1:9343EFtanlns6fxQ1u2Q+vIDo4Q= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 28 06:28:15 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 1sXvW2-0006wR-Lx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2024 06:28:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sXvVD-0005aQ-8t; Sun, 28 Jul 2024 00:27:23 -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 1sXriX-0000o9-Me for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:24:53 -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 1sXriV-0005PB-UJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Jul 2024 20:24:53 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.io with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1sXriT-0009Vh-E3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Jul 2024 02:24:49 +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: Sun, 28 Jul 2024 00:27:21 -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:322149 Archived-At: Christopher Dimech wrote: > An indexing task should never be a problem to the seasoned > developer. If they find it a nightmare, there is something > missing with the developer. > > Indexing in an everyday task in scientific programming. > One just has to focus and think about what one is doing > a little bit. Without getting into the details, part of the idea with a library is you don't have to be a seasoned, scientific or focused developer - you just have to know the function name and how to use it. But actually this is as beneficial to anyone. _Everyone_ wants libraries when programming, it doesn't matter what skill level, experience etc you have. "Sure, we don't have it, but one can solve it in just a few lines of Elisp" - this is badness 010. -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal