On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 10:52, Robert Dodier wrote:
> Dan Stanger wrote:
>
> > If we remove array, then we break compatibility with the commercial
> > macsyma, which doesn't have make_array implemented.
>
> I don't mean to be flippant, but: the number of potential users
> of Maxima who don't care about compatibility with commercial
> Macsyma must outnumber the ones who do by several orders of
> magnitude. To please the former group, making Maxima less
> bizarre is a goal of much higher priority. FWIW.
Compatibility with commercial Macsyma is the last thing on my list of
priorities. Period.
--Jim