On 08/27/10 12:59 PM, Tim Daly wrote:
tl;dr we need to raise the standards and "get it right".
On getting different answers...
Some algorithms in computational mathematics use random
values. Depending on the source of random values you might
get different but correct answers. Random algorithms
tl;dr we need to raise the standards and "get it right".
On getting different answers...
Some algorithms in computational mathematics use random
values. Depending on the source of random values you might
get different but correct answers. Random algorithms can
be very much faster than determinis
(Sigh... And I had promised myself not to get involved in this thread...)
On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:03:08 +0100, "Dr. David Kirkby"
wrote:
> On 08/27/10 09:17 AM, John Cremona wrote:
> > On 27 August 2010 07:25, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> >>
> >> My own view is I'd rather have something with less
On 08/27/10 10:17 AM, John Cremona wrote:
wait a minute. I did not really look at the code, and I know nothing
about it at all. The short glance I took at the trace showed me that
I did not understand it at all, and I do not propose to spend more
time looking at it. (That is not because I do n
wait a minute. I did not really look at the code, and I know nothing
about it at all. The short glance I took at the trace showed me that
I did not understand it at all, and I do not propose to spend more
time looking at it. (That is not because I do not care about code
quality and correctness,
On 08/27/10 09:17 AM, John Cremona wrote:
On 27 August 2010 07:25, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
On 08/24/10 02:06 PM, kcrisman wrote:
Anyway, I think (as you have correctly noted before) we have a bit of
a culture clash between software engineering and mathematics.
Just have patience with th
On 27 August 2010 07:25, Dr. David Kirkby wrote:
> On 08/24/10 02:06 PM, kcrisman wrote:
>>
>> Anyway, I think (as you have correctly noted before) we have a bit of
>> a culture clash between software engineering and mathematics.
>
>
>
>
>> Just have patience with those of us who aren't from a so
On 08/24/10 02:06 PM, kcrisman wrote:
Anyway, I think (as you have correctly noted before) we have a bit of
a culture clash between software engineering and mathematics.
Just have patience with those of us who aren't from a software
background - and trust that we are trying hard to interna
I've put this on sage-devel where it belongs.
On Aug 24, 5:14 am, "Dr. David Kirkby"
wrote:
> On 08/23/10 04:20 PM, kcrisman wrote:
>
> > Well, in general it seems to me that most Sage bugs come from things/
> > functionality that didn't exist before, and once they exist people
> > want to start
