In a suckless CAS consisting of multiple applications the apps are combined easily by definition.
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Preben Randhol <rand...@pvv.org> wrote: > On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:39:04 +0000 > Anselm R Garbe <ans...@garbe.us> wrote: > >> Why not? I think it should be possible to have very minimalist and >> specialized CAS', they managed to do that in the 50s and 60s, why not >> today? > > We are not living in the 50's nor 60's... If the suckless approach is to > not include a feature (read mathematical algorithem in this case) > because the source code gets bigger or more complex, then IMHO > suckless approach is not the correct approach for CAS. > > CAS is used to solve a multitude of problems that > you cannot define into a narrow problem space. > > Of course you can make x applications that each solve a spesific > mathematical problem, but what a mess it creates when you have to > combine applications. I have work with such systems and the time wasted > in transfering data from one to the other is a big problem. Not to say > the errors this can introduce... > > > -- > Preben Randhol > «Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.» > - Isaac Asimov > >
