rjf wrote:
> Well, I don't know about there being no "decent compiler"; Sage has > not > chosen Lisps based on technical merit, and may have encountered ones > without decent compilers. > >> It would be a much more productive use of time to implement macros in >> Python. Of course that is being done. There's a Google summer of code >> project for it. > > > I wonder what it is about mathematicians that makes them think it > is a good idea to depend on high school students for production code. > It's probably just a humble, all-inclusive attitude that we'll judge contributions in the review process on technical merit instead of on the age of the contributor. My guess is that judging things solely on merit appeals to the inner soul of a mathematician, who is just seeking for timeless truths, regardless of where they come from. This also probably answers why in the world mathematicians think that they can award one of the most prestigious prizes (the Fields medal) to mathematicians who are merely 40 years or younger. Sorry for the off-topic response that should move this part of the thread to sage-flame. Responses to this email should definitely be on sage-flame. Thanks, Jason --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
