Polynomials is a good candidate for “default packages” however that ends up 
being implemented. Installed by default for the vast majority of users who 
aren’t trying to do something with a “minimal Julia,” but not strictly 
necessary for the rest of the language to function.


From: Alan Edelman 
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2014 8:42 AM
To: [email protected] 
Subject: Re: [julia-users] Re: Function roots() in package Polynomial

Related topic: 
I'd like to propose that roots and polyval be part of base.
I can promise firsthand that they are among the first things a 12 year old user
of Julia would just want to be there.  



On Tuesday, June 17, 2014 11:30:04 AM UTC-4, Stefan Karpinski wrote: 
  On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Iain Dunning <[email protected]> wrote:

    I see both Polynomial and Polynomials in METADATA - is Polynomials a 
replacement for Polynomial?

  Yes, Polynomials is the newer version with good indexing order – i.e. p[0] is 
the constant term. We should probably get this in better order. It may make 
sense to break the connection with the old repo and put it under some 
organization so that more people can work on it. What org would be most 
appropriate? 

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