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[Axiom-developer] Re: [sage-devel] Science calls Sage a "supercomputer"
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Justin C. Walker |
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[Axiom-developer] Re: [sage-devel] Science calls Sage a "supercomputer" |
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Fri, 23 Mar 2007 09:25:57 -0700 |
On Mar 23, 2007, at 09:01 , Bill Page wrote:
As much as I value getting some long needed press for things
related to computer algebra, I am particularly disturbed that a
high profile publication like Science Magazine from the American
Association for the Advancement of Science should so badly
misrepresent the nature of a computer algebra system!
The software used in the E8 project is readily available, and it
looks to be more-or-less pure C++. There is only one mention of
SAGE, and that is in a directory string: "/data1/sage".
I think that they used sage.math, not SAGE.
Still, there is a bunch of hype that could be misleading, but I don't
think it's a big deal. "Any publicity...", as has been often observed.
Justin
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