Robert,
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 4:14 AM, Robert Dodier <robert.dodier at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/8/11, Neilen Marais <nmarais at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Robert Dodier <robert.dodier <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Unfortunately Maxima's ability to separate name and value is kind
> of confused. But that's the motivation (I'm pretty sure, anyway;
> I wasn't around for the first several iterations of Maxima development)
> for the distinction between objects which are values and objects
> which are properties of symbols.
>
> Hope this clarifies the situation.
Yes, it makes sense mathematically that you want to separate the name
and the value. I just wish the handling of the two cases was clearer.
I'm not sure of a better way to do it though, so feel free to ignore
my moans :)
Cheers
Neilen
> Best,
>
> Robert Dodier
>