> > even better would be to adopt a computational model such that all > > numerical computations can give only *one* correct result. Then you > > could simply compare to the expected result with utilities like "diff". > > That would be nice but isn't realistic, since Sage includes systems like > Numpy / Scipy / PARI, etc, and none of these systems adopt such a model, > for whatever reason.
Maybe it is not realistic today, but you have to push those systems to adopt clear semantics, so that it becomes realistic tomorrow. Otherwise a given SAGE computation which works on a given computer might fail on another one. Paul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://sage.math.washington.edu/sage/ and http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
