> You seem to be anti-open source in your own work, > which is what *really* matters to you. It's my understanding > that you've written a very interesting library in computer > algebra and it is closed source. Correct me if I'm wrong, > but I have the impression you generally don't see the value > in *open source* mathematical software (per se), and > are mainly interested in Sage only for the technically > interesting successes it has had.
Even though I'd prefer the mentioned library to be open source, I'm not sure I'd call the policy anti-open source. Fast arithmetic with multivariate polynomials is IMHO for many (not all!) applications mostly useful in the context of a computer algebra system which involves Gröbner bases, higher level algorithms, heuristics etc. Though I am aware that for some applications Roman's library would kick ass in its current form, for some others it will not in that form. On the other hand Roman did write a -- as far as I've skimmed it -- nice paper on the matter detailing his implementation strategy. I lack the experience/knowledge to judge whether the presented performance improvements would make a huge difference for the computation of e.g. Gröbner bases, but he put information out there for others to try. > > BTW, asking for contributors is the surest way to get zero > > contributors. > > I'm really glad I didn't listen to you over the last three years. Hi, I'm slightly puzzled by that reply since it feels rather hostile. If I understood the e-mail correctly then Roman implied that at *this particular meeting* asking for contributors might be perceived as annoying? Thus he shared his opinion to help us to make the Sage presentation more successful. Martin -- name: Martin Albrecht _pgp: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8EF0DC99 _www: http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~malb _jab: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com 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://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
