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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-18 9:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 129+ 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
2024-11-23 13:33 ` hypotenuse Petteri Hintsanen
2024-11-24 9:16 ` hypotenuse 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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