[om] computation commands

[Manolis Mavrikis]

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, Richard Fateman wrote:

>  You could write a CD that
>(a) "defines" (say) the Mathematica commands
> and another one that
>(b) "defines" the Maple commands
>etc
>and you could even define some new synthesis called
>(c) an OpenMath command set.
>
>However, who would believe (a) or (b), and who would
>care about (c)? 

Could be pointless but some could care about (c) having 
content/commands operating in different systems 

>Perhaps a pointless exercise for the
>kind of mathematician imitating what he thinks is
>computer science, 


>but without having to actually
>write any programs.  Come to think of it, perhaps that
>makes it ideal for a PhD dissertation
>in certain schools ;)

:-) 

I was thinking that it could have been done already in a concrete manner. 
After all pointless exercises and PhDs happen every day. 

Thanks anyway,

Manolis

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