Re: [Axiom-math] if-expression and variables

[Ralf Hemmecke]

> It would certainly be possible in principle to implement a function such as:
>
>     evaluate: InputForm ->  InputForm
>
> which attempts to 'interpret' its input and if possible returns the
> InputForm derived from the corresponding value, otherwise it would
> return the input unchanged.

Well, if one uses Axiom (which was designed to be *typed*) in order to 
implement such an evaluate function, then one basically implements an 
untyped CAS inside a typed CAS. Possible, but why would I want that?

There might be some use cases for this, but personally, I am so happy 
that Axiom is typed, that I find this making-Axiom-untyped  (or 
one-typed, i.e. just InputForm) a bit counter-productive.

Ralf