On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 6:20 PM, Waldek Hebisch wrote: > > Concerning having the same name as OpenAxiom: AFAICS 'smaller?' > and 'before?' are different and have different names. I doubt > we gain much by making name the same. >
Although the implementation is different as far as I can see the purpose in the existing code base is the same: to provide a standard (not necessarily "mathematical" ordering for all values in all (almost all?) domains. Is that not correct? Do you propose then, that we should not try to make it easy to write code that can be easily transported between FriCAS and OpenAxiom (and original Axiom)? Do we need to implement some kind of "compatibility layer" such as a 'Comparable' category for OpenAxiom and a 'before?' operator in FriCAS? Regards, Bill Page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
