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Re: package construction

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  • Subject: [mg117974] Re: package construction
  • From: "Nasser M. Abbasi" <nma at 12000.org>
  • Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 05:14:23 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <inerrp$jae$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Reply-to: nma at 12000.org

On 4/5/2011 3:45 AM, Jack L Goldberg 1 wrote:
> Hi Folks;
>
> Something puzzles me. (Actually, a lot puzzles me but thats a story
> for my psychologist).  Considering the incredible sophistication of
> Mathematica, why is it so mysteriously hard for a beginner to write a package
> and store it properly so that it can by accessed as easily as built-n
> packages?
>
> Has anyone put there mind to develop a template to make this stuff
> automatic. As a model, consider digital cameras, which have automatic
> mode for camera dummies like me, and a manual mode for the serious
> enthusiasts.  I envisage a template in which the pertinent questions
> are asked of the developer: Name of package, name of commands for
> users and the syntax of these commands, the private code and etc. Mathematica
> then takes this info, does all the routine stuff needed to have a
> package ready to go.
>
> I suppose that this has not been done because it is far harder to do
> than I imagine it to be. But when I consider the sophistication of
> Resolve, I can't believe this is harder.
>
> Jack
>
>

I do not think a template is needed.

It is really simple to make a package.

Here is a small note, fyi

http://12000.org/my_notes/how_to_write_package_in_mathematica/index.htm

--Nasser


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