On Dec 16, 1:13 pm, John Foster <jfoster81...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, here I go with a total NOOB question. How does sage work? Is is a
> series of lines of code that 'manage' the other software that is in the
> system to produce an end result, basically like a browser with plugins. OR;

Well, with a HUGE amount of custom code, and a large number of custom
configurations and wrappers.

> It makes no sense to me why we can not use the already installed
> mathematics apps that are available to us and fill their requirements as
> 'dependencies'. I dont mean that the current process is wrong. I just don't
> get it & I want to understand. I'm not a programmer, or a mathematician.

You may be interested in Sage on Gentoo in that case; see
https://github.com/cschwan/sage-on-gentoo

- kcrisman

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