On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Hazem <hazem.biqa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It was real scary for a non-developer like me, since I honestly could > not tell whether it was a joke from you original post :)
Sorry to scare you, and I'm glad my April 1 joke was so convincing? It was also a commentary on Richard Fatemen's repeated suggestions that we really should rewrite Sage in Lisp. When I think seriously about how much work that would be, it becomes clear that even if it were a good idea (it isn't), it would not be feasible. william > > Thanks for the clarifications. > > Hazem > > On Apr 2, 1:53 pm, William Stein <wst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Hazem <hazem.biqa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > You guys are nuts. When I read the post, I almost sh*t my pants! I >> > hope it really was an April's fool joke. >> >> It was an April's fool joke. >> >> > But since we're at it, I'd vote for Aldor. >> >> I'm saving that for next year. >> >> > This brings me to a related point, which is not a joke: When is the >> > move to Python3 planned for Sage? >> >> After every Python component of Sage moves to Python3, e.g., numpy, >> scipy, scons, etc. >> >> William >> >> >> >> >> >> > Hazem >> >> > On Apr 2, 10:58 am, Robert Dodier <robert.dod...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Harald Schilly wrote: >> >> > I suggest to fork python, call it sagepy, and build some lisp++ on top >> >> > of python's lambda operator. Then, with it's own language, sage is >> >> > more powerful than anything else out there and attracts developers >> >> > from all over the world. >> >> >> A program so massive that nothing, not even light, can escape from it. >> >> >> Robert Dodier >> >> -- >> William Stein >> Associate Professor of Mathematics >> University of Washingtonhttp://wstein.org > > > -- William Stein Associate Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
