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Re: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add maxima.
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John Darrington |
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Re: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add maxima. |
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Sat, 5 Jul 2014 13:18:25 -0400 |
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On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 06:59:36PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
> John Darrington <address@hidden> skribis:
>
> > On Sat, Jul 05, 2014 at 03:16:25PM +0200, Ludovic Court??s wrote:
> >> John Darrington <address@hidden> skribis:
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> >> > * gnu/packages/math.scm (maxima): New variable.
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> >> Should be ???maths.scm???, with an ???s.???
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> > OK. (why do we use the British convention here, but Americanisms for
> > almost everything else?)
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> Dunno, is ???mathematics??? (plural) particularly British? Aspell???s
> ???american??? dictionary recognizes it.
But in the abbreviated form most british people would say "maths" whereas most
americans say "math".
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