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From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Adding a generic mathematical library
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 11:13:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-9a6f09d0-e775-4610-813a-df2ef3a24507-1721293999835@3c-app-mailcom-bs05> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87msmf86ax.fsf@dataswamp.org>


> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2024 at 8:15 PM
> From: "Emanuel Berg" <incal@dataswamp.org>
> To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Adding a generic mathematical library
>
> 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

He simply needs to be convinced of actual tasks where mathematical operations would
be fundamental.  Even simple calculations within Emacs Lisp scripts can significantly
benefit from a dedicated math library.  But there has to be a practical application
that would be flexible and extensible to other things people would want to do.




  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-07-18  9:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 127+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-07-12 16:47 Add elisa to GNU ELPA Sergey Kostyaev
2024-07-16 12:54 ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-07-16 13:57   ` Sergey Kostyaev
2024-07-16 16:04     ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-07-16 16:35       ` Sergey Kostyaev
2024-07-17 13:21         ` Andrew Hyatt
2024-07-16 16:41       ` Sergey Kostyaev
2024-07-16 17:02         ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-07-16 17:47           ` Adding a generic mathematical library Philip Kaludercic
2024-07-16 22:06             ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-17  2:54               ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-17  5:58                 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-19 16:16               ` Richard Stallman
2024-07-19 17:38                 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21  5:20                   ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-20 12:45                 ` Max Nikulin
2024-07-20 13:53                   ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21  5:19                 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21  6:15                   ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21  7:40                     ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21  8:45                       ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21  8:29                     ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21  7:27                   ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21  8:03                     ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21  9:14                       ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21  9:48                         ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 11:20                           ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 11:53                             ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21 12:10                               ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 12:27                                 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 12:46                                   ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 13:03                                   ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21 13:17                                     ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 14:33                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-21 14:41                                         ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21 14:49                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-21 14:58                                             ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21 15:02                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-21 15:18                                                 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21 13:18                                     ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21 13:26                                       ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 14:35                                         ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21 19:28                                           ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 19:33                                           ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 19:51                                           ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 20:01                                           ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 20:17                                           ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 12:41                                 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21 13:13                                   ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 13:41                                   ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 12:20                               ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 12:04                             ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 14:30                 ` hypotenuse (was: Re: Adding a generic mathematical library) Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 14:44                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-21 15:00                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-21 15:12                       ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21 15:42                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-21 16:13                           ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21 15:54                         ` hypotenuse Max Nikulin
2024-07-21 16:12                           ` hypotenuse Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-21 16:17                             ` hypotenuse Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21 19:01                     ` hypotenuse (was: Re: Adding a generic mathematical library) Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 19:13                     ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-21 17:38                   ` tomas
2024-07-17  7:09             ` Adding a generic mathematical library Michael Heerdegen via Emacs development discussions.
2024-07-17  7:54               ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-07-17  7:56               ` Michael Heerdegen via Emacs development discussions.
2024-07-18  6:07                 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-18  6:45                   ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-18  7:12                     ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-18  7:49                       ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-21  4:56                         ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-18  7:29                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-18  7:57                     ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-18  9:03                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-21  4:52                         ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-18  8:15                     ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-18  9:04                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-18  9:13                       ` Christopher Dimech [this message]
2024-07-21  4:59                         ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-19 13:22                       ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-19 16:12                         ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-19 16:15                           ` Stefan Kangas
2024-07-19 16:29                             ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-19 16:16               ` Richard Stallman
2024-07-19 18:00                 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-17 21:26   ` Add elisa to GNU ELPA Sergey Kostyaev
2024-07-17 22:12     ` Philip Kaludercic
2024-07-18  3:45       ` Sergey Kostyaev
2024-07-18 11:06       ` Sergey Kostyaev
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2024-07-23 20:00 Adding a generic mathematical library Kepa
2024-07-25  4:19 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-25 11:32   ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-25 14:20     ` Stefan Kangas
2024-07-25 15:16       ` T.V Raman
2024-07-25 15:34       ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-25 17:12         ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-25 17:25       ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-25 14:24     ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-25 15:49       ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-25 17:23         ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-27 14:57 Shouran Ma
2024-07-27 15:49 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-27 19:07 Shouran Ma
2024-07-27 19:23 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-28  0:29   ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-28 10:58     ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-28 11:39       ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-28 12:28         ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-28 13:02           ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-30  2:53     ` Richard Stallman
2024-07-30  3:53       ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-30  6:26       ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-30  7:20         ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-30 11:30           ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-30 22:56             ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-31 16:00               ` Michael Heerdegen via Emacs development discussions.
2024-07-31 21:15                 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-08-01  6:05                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-08-01  6:42                     ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-31 21:26                 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-27 19:40 ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-28  0:24   ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-28 13:34   ` Immanuel Litzroth
2024-07-28 13:56     ` Christopher Dimech
2024-07-28 14:07       ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-28 10:46 ` Emanuel Berg

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