Re: Why use Java in Mathematica?
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- Subject: [mg78312] Re: Why use Java in Mathematica?
- From: David Bailey <dave at Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:22:35 -0400 (EDT)
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Murray Eisenberg wrote: > Would you still object to paclet delivery of bug fixes if the user had a > choice of whether to accept the paclets? Or at least if the delivery > were "noisy" rather than quiet? > > And isn't getting bug fixes quickly often more desirable than waiting > for a new, numbered release? > > David Bailey wrote: >> I would also like to know just how far the packlet concept is intended >> to go. For example, if actual code improvements (bug fixes) were to be >> delivered in this way, I think it would be a very unfortunate step. > I agree - if bug fixes arrived and were announced and you had the chance to accept/reject them, that would be much more acceptable - although even then it would create confusion when someone reports a problem with Mathematica - were they using 6.01246b? Come to think of it, upgrades to the documentation could usefully follow the same convention - because then you would know there was something new to read! David Bailey http://www.dbaileyconsultancy.co.uk
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- Re: Why use Java in Mathematica?
- From: David Bailey <dave@Remove_Thisdbailey.co.uk>
- Re: Why use Java in Mathematica?