On Dec 3, 2007 5:09 PM, Fernando Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> On Dec 3, 2007 5:53 PM, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > I view java3d as being for the browser-based interface to Sage.
>
> And I agree that it's the best way to do obtain in-browser 3d, but I
> thought Ted was interested in a local client that is Java-based.

You're right, he is.

> That's where I'd say that piggybacking on Enthought's work would be a
> far better fit for Sage than building something local in Java.

I agree with you, at least for *research* applications.

> Perhaps my remarks weren't clear, or I misunderstood Ted's intent.

No, I think you understood his intent perfectly.   Part of the issue is that
Ted's target audience is utterly completely different than Enthought's.

That said, I think it certainly can't hurt to see where Ted goes with what he is
doing, and there will be people interested in using it.     Open
source programming
is often about scratching and itch, and he has one, and it is certainly good to
encourage it and see what it leads. E.g., what if he creates something that
works really well for certain well-defined classroom applications, and
that turns out to be
one of the biggest applications of Sage?

 -- william

-- 
William Stein
Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Washington
http://wstein.org

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