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.
Hmm...I think that's the distinction I was trying to find: if I want a
number-crunch program (spreadsheets and graph plotters ?) I'd look in
math.
> > 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.
Matthew
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