Ah, that sounds good. So I should just fork Tom's package, copy the document we have so far into the wiki, then make a pull request?
On Friday, 31 July 2015 17:01:57 UTC+2, Waldir Pimenta wrote: > > 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. >>>> >>> >>>
