Request for more Python programs

[Jaap Spies]

Alec Mihailovs wrote:
> From: "Jaap Spies" <j.spies at hccnet.nl>

>> The advantage is in the integration, especially in the notebook (GUI).
>> SAGE comes batteries included. I think this is a great idea.
> 
> 
> I certainly like SAGE and I think it is a great idea and it works great 
> in Linux. Including batteries has sense for Linux, because many 
> distributions come with rather old versions of other programs. In 
> Windows, I already have all the latest version of "the batteries" 
[...]
> 
> The ideal solution for Windows (at least for me) would be if SAGE came 
> as a standard Python library, without batteries included, so that it 
> could be installed under native Windows Python and run in IDLE. Is there 
> a chance that the development of SAGE could be forked for creating such 
> a small SAGE version for Windows - without batteries included?
> 

William Stein asked me to forward this message:

Jaap,

Could you send them these two remarks from me?

I'm not convinced that using coLinux is the best solution anymore.
I plan to fully suport SAGE in Cygwin in the near future. This is
not there yet though (four packages don't build and many unit tests
fail because of a timing issue using pseudo ttys).   Very likely
SAGE for Cygwin will depend on more of the standard cygwin packages
(e.g., clisp, maxima) instead of building them itself.

    -- William

Alec, it seems that you will get what you want!

Regards,

Jaap