Re: [sage-devel] A Mathematica parser for Sage.

2010-09-06 Thread Tim Daly
Without knowing Lisp it is hard for me to really tell how valid your arguments are, but I must admit a couple of people who know both Lisp and Python have said Lisp would be easier. You are RJF are not the only ones to express that opinion. Dave Consider the MMA code as a source language

Re: [sage-devel] A Mathematica parser for Sage.

2010-09-05 Thread Dr. David Kirkby
On 09/ 6/10 01:39 AM, Tim Daly wrote: David Kirkby wrote: On 5 September 2010 22:13, William Stein wrote: On Sunday, September 5, 2010, David Kirkby wrote: RJF thinks Lisp is the best language William thinks Python is God No I don't. I chose Python for Sage because in 2004 it was the c

Re: [sage-devel] A Mathematica parser for Sage.

2010-09-05 Thread Tim Daly
David Kirkby wrote: On 5 September 2010 22:13, William Stein wrote: On Sunday, September 5, 2010, David Kirkby wrote: RJF thinks Lisp is the best language William thinks Python is God No I don't. I chose Python for Sage because in 2004 it was the closest popular open s

Re: [sage-devel] A Mathematica parser for Sage.

2010-09-05 Thread David Kirkby
On 5 September 2010 22:13, William Stein wrote: > On Sunday, September 5, 2010, David Kirkby wrote: >> RJF thinks Lisp is the best language >> William thinks Python is God > > No I don't. > > I chose Python for Sage because in 2004 it was the closest popular > open source language to Magma. God

Re: [sage-devel] A Mathematica parser for Sage.

2010-09-05 Thread William Stein
On Sunday, September 5, 2010, David Kirkby wrote: > On 5 September 2010 17:51, Ondrej Certik wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:55 AM, David Kirkby wrote: >>> Has anyone given thought for making Sage read Mathematica syntax? I've >> >> Yes: >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel/browse_

Re: [sage-devel] A Mathematica parser for Sage.

2010-09-05 Thread David Kirkby
On 5 September 2010 17:51, Ondrej Certik wrote: > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:55 AM, David Kirkby wrote: >> Has anyone given thought for making Sage read Mathematica syntax? I've > > Yes: > > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel/browse_thread/thread/d9824f455407ee23 > > Ondrej Thank you. What

Re: [sage-devel] A Mathematica parser for Sage.

2010-09-05 Thread Ondrej Certik
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 8:55 AM, David Kirkby wrote: > Has anyone given thought for making Sage read Mathematica syntax? I've Yes: http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel/browse_thread/thread/d9824f455407ee23 Ondrej -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To un

[sage-devel] A Mathematica parser for Sage.

2010-09-01 Thread David Kirkby
Has anyone given thought for making Sage read Mathematica syntax? I've seen a recent video from William stating it is NOT an aim of Sage to be clone of any of the 4 M's - in contrast, Octave is a clone of MATLAB. Whilst parsing Mathematica code is not an aim of Sage, I doubt many would are argue t