Re: Adding a generic mathematical library

[Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>]

> 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.
>
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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.