Riccardo GUIDA wrote:
>
> > You seem to use different terminology. Spad is language of .spad files.
> > They are intended for non-interactive use -- basicaly enhancements to
> > FriCAS library. Spad is different than language of .input files.
> > .input files are intended for interactive use.
You seem to use different terminology. Spad is language of .spad files.
They are intended for non-interactive use -- basicaly enhancements to
FriCAS library. Spad is different than language of .input files.
.input files are intended for interactive use. Now, with "interactive
language" there
Riccardo GUIDA wrote:
>
> @ Waldek
>
> > The command line is not representative of FriCAS language.
>
> OK, crystal clear.
>
> The pedagogical problem is that, maybe not to scare the reader, the FricasUG
> is somehow vague on the differences among interpreter and compiler. For
> instance
@Bill:
If the else clause is missing but the if condition is false then the
value of the if-then expression is the unique value of Void.
+1
I think an important though somewhat less technical addition to the
user guide concerning the meaning and use of the Void and Exit domains
would
On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 11:30 AM, Waldek Hebisch
wrote:
> Bill Page wrote:
>> >
>> > Well, advantage is consistency with rules.
>> >
>>
>> Could you site specifically what rule is being violated?
>
> The one that Ricardo was asking about: that 'if' always works,
> but for one armed 'if' you get
Bill Page wrote:
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> On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 9:40 AM, Waldek Hebisch
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:22 AM, Waldek Hebisch
> >> wrote:
> >> > On command line interpreter evaluates things so can use actual
> >> > values to guess what would be useful.
> >>
> > Bill Page wrote:
> >>
On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 9:40 AM, Waldek Hebisch
wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:22 AM, Waldek Hebisch
>> wrote:
>> > On command line interpreter evaluates things so can use actual
>> > values to guess what would be useful.
>>
> Bill Page wrote:
>> Yes, one should expect that the
Bill Page wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:22 AM, Waldek Hebisch
> wrote:
> > Riccardo GUIDA wrote:
> >> ...
> >> 3) The user is puzzled because
> >
> > The command line is not representative of FriCAS language.
>
> In my opinion it should be (almost) representative of FriCAS language
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:22 AM, Waldek Hebisch
wrote:
> Riccardo GUIDA wrote:
>> ...
>> 3) The user is puzzled because
>
> The command line is not representative of FriCAS language.
In my opinion it should be (almost) representative of FriCAS language (SPAD).
> On command line interpreter
Riccardo GUIDA wrote:
>
> Just to say that my original question to Ralf was a much more low level quest
> for clarifications in the user guide:
>
> 1) A user reads:
>
> section 5.3 pag 149
> "An if-then-else expression always returns a value. If the else clause is
> missing then the entire
On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 10:10 AM, Riccardo GUIDA
wrote:
>
> Thanks for your clarifications Bill.
>
Thank you for asking the question.
>
> Just to say that my original question to Ralf was a much more low
> level quest for clarifications in the user guide:
>
OK. I think I understand your
Hi,
Thanks for your clarifications Bill.
Just to say that my original question to Ralf was a much more low level quest
for clarifications in the user guide:
1) A user reads:
section 5.3 pag 149
"An if-then-else expression always returns a value. If the else clause is missing
then the
On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 5:15 PM, Ralf Hemmecke wrote:
> Ricardo made me aware that the formulations in
> http://fricas.github.io/book.pdf Section 5.3 maybe a bit confusing to
> new users.
>
> We all know that Void is the type used in situations where there is
> no value.
No that is not correct.
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