[sage-devel] Re: mini talk during Software Freedom Day 2008

2008-09-28 Thread Minh Nguyen
Hi folks, This year's Software Freedom Day in Melbourne, Australia was a success. Thank you to all who commented on an early draft of my slides for a mini talk on computer algebra systems. Fortunately, there was enough time for me to deliver my mini talk. The final version of the presentation no

[sage-devel] Re: mini talk during Software Freedom Day 2008

2008-09-18 Thread Minh Nguyen
Hi Alex, On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 10:59 PM, Alex Ghitza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > 3 minutes is unbelievably short. However, since you asked for suggestions, > here > are some things that would be good to get across: > > - programming in Sage is programming in Python; no need to lear

[sage-devel] Re: mini talk during Software Freedom Day 2008

2008-09-18 Thread Minh Nguyen
Hi Harald, On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Harald Schilly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 17, 9:33 am, "Minh Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My current plan is to cover the above three CASes from a pedagogy >> perspective, then talk about Sage as a CAS that assembles together >> unde

[sage-devel] Re: mini talk during Software Freedom Day 2008

2008-09-17 Thread Alex Ghitza
Hi, 3 minutes is unbelievably short. However, since you asked for suggestions, here are some things that would be good to get across: - programming in Sage is programming in Python; no need to learn some arcane custom-built language in order to use Sage and contribute to it - the development mo

[sage-devel] Re: mini talk during Software Freedom Day 2008

2008-09-17 Thread Harald Schilly
On Sep 17, 9:33 am, "Minh Nguyen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My current plan is to cover the above three CASes from a pedagogy > perspective, then talk about Sage as a CAS that assembles together > under a common interface ... 3 in 3 minutes sounds a bit too dense for me! I would focus on the w