Re: Renaming 'math' section 'science'
On Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 10:53:08AM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote:
> Hmmm - I think maths packages should remain in math (i.e. for
> dealing exclusively with mathy things as opposed to science or data
> handling)
Hmm. What makes math a non-science? As a maths student I would have
no problems searching for math things in a science section.
Of course if you were talking about pure number-crunching, yes, such
packages probably wouldn't qualify as science. But there are real
'math as science' programs: octave comes first to mind.
> I do agree that science packages should probably go in a science
> section.
They definitely should. I have a similar problem to the one Stephane
Bortzmeyer has: my upcoming Malaga package will have to go to misc
unless a science section - sci? - is created.
Antti-Juhani
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