FAQS/follow-up on solving a set of symbolic equations

--- Richard Fateman <fateman@cs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Regarding the Ci Di discussion:  yes this has
> been a source of user misunderstanding, bugs etc.
> 
> C= command, D= display  E= extra  (I think).
> They can be reset as mentioned.
> It is also possible to refer to the last expression
> as %, and maybe previous ones as %[2], %%,  ...
> This was copied by Mathematica, and I think Maple,
> and Mupad copied it from Maple, I think.
> Anyway, In[1], Out[1]  is very clumsy to type,
> so there is a tradeoff.

What would you say is the better tradeoff to have by
default?  I don't propose we adobt Mathematica's bracket
use, but is InL1 that much worse than C1?  Maybe so -
what would you say?

My compromise proposal is that perhaps when we create
init files for casual/new user use, we change the C
and D definitions there.  In any case, I suspect we
will see more bug reports if things remain as they are.

CY

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