A github wiki in the Unums.jl package would seem ideal. You get the "anyone can edit" feature, with accountability of who made each edit (github wikis are git repos, and to make edits people need to have a github account) and easy reversal of eventual bad changes.
On Friday, July 31, 2015 at 3:41:36 PM UTC+1, Job van der Zwan wrote: > > Hey Tom, > > Well, I could change the setting to "anyone with the link can edit" - we > risk vandalism in that case, but as long as we keep the document link to > here the risk is minimal. > > On Friday, 31 July 2015 15:43:06 UTC+2, Tom Breloff wrote: >> >> I added some info to the readme at https://github.com/tbreloff/Unums.jl. >> I talk a little bit about how I'm intending to build the package, the >> available types, etc. There is also a stub issue for continuing the >> discussion of how unums fit into the world of numerical analysis: >> https://github.com/tbreloff/Unums.jl/issues/2. I'd love collaboration >> from anyone that wants to help implement some of the conversion functions >> and operations. I don't claim to be an authority on floating point >> arithmetic, so any and all comments are welcome. >> >> Job: Any chance you can move your google doc to a wiki or something more >> accessible? I'm happy to include it in my package if you want. >> >> On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Job van der Zwan <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Thursday, 30 July 2015 00:33:52 UTC+2, Job van der Zwan wrote: >>>> >>>> BTW, Tom, I was already working on a summary of the book (on an IJulia >>>> notebook). I'm on mobile right now so don't have access to it, but I can >>>> share it later. I think something like that might be useful to attract >>>> more >>>> collaborators - we can't expect everyone to read it. >>> >>> >>> Ok, so since Tom is already working on a package, I moved my >>> summary-in-progress to Google Drive where it's easier for people to leave >>> comments: >>> >>> >>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d36_ppKeZDuYRadLm9-Ty8Ai2XZE5MS5bwIuEKBJ1WE/edit?usp=sharing >>> >>> >>> For others who have read the book, please correct any errors or >>> misunderstandings on my part that you see. Expanding sections is also >>> encouraged :P >>> >>> Right now it's very bare-bones (since the meat is what you *can do* with >>> unums, not the definition of the format itself), but I'll hopefully get >>> around to expanding it a bit in the coming weeks. >>> >> >>
