Re: [cgsuite-devel] Language enhancements

[David W. <wo...@ga...>]

> Here's another alternative that just occurred to me, which might be more
> natural:
> setof(LL[i] + LL[n-i-1] for i from 0 to n-1)

I guess I'd still vote for
    SetOf(LL(i) + LL(n-i-1), i=0..n-1)

> I'd be happy with any of the following:
> f(n:) = n + 1
> f(n_) = n + 1
> define f(n) = n + 1
> f(n) = def n + 1
> f(n) def = n + 1
> f(param n) = n + 1
> f = n -> n + 1

I'd go for any of the first three.  One advantage with
     f(n_) = n + 1
is that those users likely to use a tool but who are not programmers
may, very well, have used used mathematica.  The disadvantage is that
Wolfram might find a way to take legal action...

In any event, you could issue an appropriately helpful message if
someone types
   f(n) = n+1
such as "to define a function, use f(n_) = n+1"

I'm so glad you are coding up the programming language on top of
cgsuite, and I'm confident I'll be quite happy with whatever the
outcome of these thoughtful deliberations.

        David