On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > I think JSage has a slightly different focus. Specifically: > > * It is tied to the Sage Python library > * It is intended for people who have a complementary publication in a > traditional journal > * The code has to be included in Sage and be maintained there > * The board of editors consists of Sage developers > > What I have in mind is different: > > * Not tied to implementations in Sage, but implementations accessible > from the Sage Notebook > * It would *be* a traditional journal (except that it is only > available online) - no need for a separate written paper > * The code could be in python, C or assembler, etc., in Sage, in > Macaulay, Gap or Magma, etc. - the only requirement is it is > accessible from the Sage Notebook > * The board of editors would be distinguished mathematicians, not > necessarily Sage developers (eventually there would be lots of people > who are both) > * The code examples, algorithm implementations need not run forever > and a day in the latest Sage - they would be tied to a certain > historical binary, e.g. Gap version x.y.z and Sage version k.l.m > > And I would be interested in: > > * Teaching expositions > * Survey papers > * Implementations of new algorithms > * Theoretical papers (where some significant portion of it relies on > computations which need verification or where computational examples > are given to illustrate it) > > Both JSage and SagePapers could exist. I personally am not interested > in JSage the way it is currently set up. It's an extremely valuable > thing to have, just not any use to me personally.
I don't think anybody is really interested in jsage the way it is currently set up. It hasn't gone anywhere. I like your idea since it seems more viable. William --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
