On Nov 25, 2007 5:06 PM, Ondrej Certik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think it looks very good. Just one idea to the point you already > > made - I myself haven't heard of magma, before SAGE mentioned it. > > > > I've heard about Matlab, I myself used it a lot, but Python + NumPy + > > SciPy can do everything I myself needed in Matlab. > > > > So where SAGE really competes from my point of view is in the > > Maple/Mathematica area. This is what should be stressed imho. > > > > Also, that SAGE has a web interface - the notebook() - with sharing > > abilities, SSL encryption, etc. So that you can run SAGE on the server > > and use it from anywhere. This is something, that Maple/Mathematica > > don't have. Neither Giac (also in the final) has it imho. > > Another very important point - you just download SAGE, run it and it just > works. > > You download Giac, and it doesn't work. It cost me many hours to even > compile it, I had to ask the author of Giac to fix the problems (but > he did so quickly), but still, it was like a week, from the first > download, to a running version.
Here is what I had to do to get Giac running, in February this year: http://www.google.com/notebook/public/10576738713475585694/BDQIIQwoQ37HuuIsi especially browse the old instructions. So you should stress that you download SAGE, type make and that's it. Or even download the binary, type ./sage and it runs. When I downloaded the binary of giac (beause I couldn't make it compile), it didn't run, because they linked to older versions of libraries than I had. Ondrej --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
