From: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Adding a generic mathematical library
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 08:26:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-9d17de32-dd88-49b5-9b6e-cc03bda4dbe2-1722320796344@3c-app-mailcom-bs08> (raw)
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2024 at 2:53 PM
> From: "Richard Stallman" <rms@gnu.org>
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> Subject: Re: Adding a generic mathematical library
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> It seems to me that writing a generic mathematical library is not very hard,
> but writing a good one requires a lot of experience and understanding
> of how suc a library could be used. The obvious solutions are clunky,
> but what makes for a good kibrary is a solution that is elegant.
The distinction between a good library (easy to understand and maintain)
and a merely functional one. How things are named, how parameters are
structured, and how different components interact, is what determines its
utility and adoption. We need to see an actual application with it.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-30 6:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 103+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-27 19:07 Adding a generic mathematical library 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 [this message]
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
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2024-07-27 14:57 Shouran Ma
2024-07-27 15:49 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-23 20:00 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
2024-07-12 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 16:41 ` 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
2024-07-17 7:09 ` 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
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
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