Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad

[Bill Page]

Sorry, what I said (obviously) applies to Spad. Perhaps it is not even
controversial.  But I really intended to write was a reply to your
comment in defense of BOOT and reasons for distinguishing it from
Spad:

> Maybe, just maybe, it is reasonable to associate BOOT more with the
> earlier "ScratchPad I" project. As I understand it from the scant
> literature about these early days, ScratchPad I was a more
> "symbolically oriented" computer algebra system
> ...
> In my opinion this is yet one more reason why Boot should *not* be
> removed from the core Axiom system.

Regards,
Bill Page.

On 7/11/07, Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Bill Page wrote:
>
> | In my opinion this is yet one more reason why Spad should *not* be
> | removed from the core Axiom system.
>
> Yes; Spad should be *improved*, instead of being removed and replaced
> with a lower-level language.
>
> -- Gaby