root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In total number of characters and time, the source text TeX, the regression > test case generation, the system merge issues, the testing and the patch > generation exceed the number of characters posted in the algorithm.
Characters maybe, time I doubt. It took me quite a while to figure out that there is a misprint in the article. > And the wikipedia text, despite appearances, is not "cut and paste" but is > hand written in latex format. So what? If you retype a copyrighted book, you are still breaking copyright. > In total I spent quite a few hours on making the pamphlet. If you had posted > the final pamphlet documentation with regression tests as a diff-Naur patch I > would have had nothing to contribute. I'm sorry about that. > The fact that you understand the pfaffian enough to write a program does not > mean that the next person who has to maintain/extend/rewrite the pfaffian has > the same understanding. Yes, that's what I think, too. Although I hurry to say that I do *not* understand the Pfaffian enough. > The point of the game is to make the code live beyond the original > author. Otherwise, what is science for? Maybe for you. I just needed a Pfaffian to do some experiments, and couldn't find an implementation. So I looked for an algorithm I thought I was able to implement. If you can use it, fine, if you can't, leave it. Martin _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
