Bill Page <bill.p...@newsynthesis.org> writes: | On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: | > | > Bill Page writes: | > | > [...] | > | > | The problem is that FriCAS and OpenAxiom have choosen different | > | names for the machine ordering. In FriCAS it is called "smaller?". | > | smaller?(alpha,beta) evaluates to true if the value of alpha comes | > | before the value of beta in the machine ordering. OpenAxiom calls the | > | same thing "before?". The problem is that the English root word | > | "smaller" has the connotation of size rather than order. But even the | > | OpenAxiom name seems vague and a little awkward to read. | > | > The OpenAxiom choice was based on long experience with that sort | > problem for a difference language but in a much wider context and | > audience: The C++ programming, as you know, has a limited support | > for reflection called Run Time Type Identification (RTTI) that is used | > for various things, including dynamic dispatch and exception handling. | | I think it is good to cite an existing "standard" but I am not so sure | how relevant it is in this context. Perhaps C++ is a little obscure | for the average "mathematically-oriented" developer ... but no matter.
Obscure enough for many prominent scientific and mathematical software are written in that language; but as you say "but no matter". -- Gaby ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ open-axiom-devel mailing list open-axiom-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-axiom-devel
