[seqfan] Re: author field

[Charles Greathouse]

I like "contributor".

> Also "Program" (for %o lines) should really
> be "Other programs"  or "Programs in other languages"
> where "other" means neither Maple nor Mathematica
>
> Of course we could also distinguish programs
> in the other principal languages like C, Pari, Magma, etc.,
> but that would require a lot more work. (At present these
> are all lumped together in %o lines)

An exhaustive search of the database %p, %t, and %o lines about a year
ago showed that about 30% of the programs were in each of Mathematica,
Maple, and Pari with no other programs accounting for more than 2%.  I
was surprised by the evenness of the split.

I would like to see better coding of programs, though.  For many
languages, though, it's not easy: there are programs in particular
language dialects, and it's not clear whether they would run in other
dialects or not.  Also many languages do not have a standard form --
just search for variants on VB for an example.  (Maybe I should try to
find the spreadsheet with my results!)

Charles Greathouse
Analyst/Programmer
Case Western Reserve University

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:39 AM, N. J. A. Sloane <njas at research.att.com> wrote:
> Tanya said:
>> I suggest chnaging the author field to "Author/Submitter"
>
> "Submitter" is rather an ugly word - I would
> prefer "Author/Contributor" or "Author/Contributed by"
>
> In the same spirit, "Extensions" (for the %E lines) should
> really be "Edits/Extensions"
>
> Also "Program" (for %o lines) should really
> be "Other programs"  or "Programs in other languages"
> where "other" means neither Maple nor Mathematica
>
> Of course we could also distinguish programs
> in the other principal languages like C, Pari, Magma, etc.,
> but that would require a lot more work. (At present these
> are all lumped together in %o lines)
>
> Neil
>
>
>
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