In gmane.comp.mathematics.sage.devel, you wrote: > > > On Feb 15, 6:31 pm, kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Feb 15, 7:22 pm, rjf <fate...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > IMHO, a native port of Sage to Windows could not be done in a week or >> > > two. >> > > Perhaps a Cygwin port could, but I'm talking of a native port, where the >> > > code runs directly on Windows, without any Linux virtual machines, >> > > emulators or similar. >> >> > I see no reason to reject MinGW, Cygwin, or other libraries as part of >> > a Sage system on Windows. >> >> Then you haven't tried to actually do this, which of course we know. >> Unfortunately, even getting Maxima to work right on Cygwin with ECL > > ... maybe because running ECL is the wrong choice, dictated by a > misguided policy about what software is politically acceptable. > >> was nontrivial lately because of how Juanjo had to do forking (which >> he's since gotten around entirely) which does not work on Cygwin >> properly. (And I say this out of sheer experience trying to get it to >> work, not because I know anything about forking. Those who do are >> even more emphatic about it.) >> >> > If you wish, I'll offer you a 20:1 bet.. If you, or someone you >> know, can >> >> > > get a full port of Sage done inside a month, I'll pay you $2000. >> >> > I think that a month (160 hours X expert rate of, say, $500/hour) >> > would >> > do it. That is far more than $2,000.
By far the quickest way to make Sage run on Windows is to get an expert to fix Cygwin's fork implementation. The problem is that while such persons exist, they all have signed an NDA, which would prevent them to do what's needed. Anything esle is a huge waste of man-hours. (of course this makes your 500$/h experts in wheel reinvention laughing all the way to the bank...) Frankly, that's disturbing, isn't it? Dima -- 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 URL: http://www.sagemath.org
