[seqfan] Re: metadata for Mathematica code

[Neil Sloane]

Marc, I'm strongly in favor of having computer code in each entry

When you are working on sequences it is essential to be able
to grab a program for it in your favorite language (Maple in my case)

A central server for code for sequences would add an extra layer of
complications

Best regards
Neil

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On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Marc LeBrun <mlb at well.com> wrote:

> My concern here is nicely captured by a term I just learned,
> "bikeshedding":
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson%27s_law_of_triviality
>
> While I think it's fine that the OEIS entries host code fragment
> marginalia,
> sort of like Talmudic commentary, the OEIS is not really well suited as a
> code repository.
>
> I would suggest a better alternative outlet for this enthusiasm might be to
> create an open source project with its own github, style wiki etc.  Then
> the
> OEIS could simply contain links to this corpus, rather than a mess of code.
>
>
>
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