On 10 July 2018 at 11:02, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 10:58:45 AM UTC+1, John Cremona wrote: >> >> >> >> On 10 July 2018 at 10:48, Dima Pasechnik <dim...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I imagine it makes little sense to ask for open-sourcing the kash >>> package (have they sold stuff to somewhere, maybe?), although I might be >>> wrong. >>> >> >> I could ask Michael Pohst, though he has retired. >> > > it's probably hopeless, as kash uses Magma sources, see > ftp://ftp.math.tu-berlin.de/pub/algebra/Kant/Kash_3/README > > We would like to thank > > o Prof. J. Cannon at the University of Sydney, for the opportunity > of using the MAGMA C-kernel for the development of KANT V4, > the algorithmic part of KASH. > > > Yes. When Magma started in the 1990s it used KANT for its algebraic number theory so there is some symbiosis there. I think it also at one point used PARI for multiprecision arithmetic: it does still use MPFR, MPC and some GMP.
> > >> >> John >> >> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 10:31:52 AM UTC+1, Dima Pasechnik wrote: >>>> >>>> surprisingly, there are freash trac tickets proposing kash interface >>>> improvements: >>>> https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/25488 >>>> https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/25494 >>>> https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/22982 (a meta-ticket where kash is a >>>> part of) >>>> >>>> I think it's unfortunately a wasted effort (as far as kash goes)... >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 9:02:24 AM UTC+1, John Cremona wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the replies. There should be a ticket opened for removing >>>>> the current instructions to use kash, whether or not they are replaced by >>>>> something else. >>>>> >>>>> John >>>>> >>>>> On 9 July 2018 at 23:48, Alexander Konovalov <alexander...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Note that the Alnuth package for GAP switched from KANT to PARI/GP, >>>>>> with the support of the Bill Allombert who provided an equivalent of >>>>>> the >>>>>> KANT code formerly used there. >>>>>> >>>>>> Alex >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 7:16:22 PM UTC+1, Dima Pasechnik wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Imho kash has been totally bitrotten. The last release was in 2008. >>>>>>> We should just remove that package and references to it. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "sage-support" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to sage-support...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to sage-s...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "sage-support" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to sage-support...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to sage-s...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-support" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sage-support. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
