Re: [PATCH 2/2] gnu: Add maxima.

[Ludovic Courtès]

John Darrington <address@hidden> skribis:

> 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:
>> >> 
>> >> > * gnu/packages/math.scm (maxima): New variable.
>> >> 
>> >> Should be ???maths.scm???, with an ???s.???
>> >
>> > OK.  (why do we use the British convention here, but Americanisms for 
>> > almost everything else?)
>> 
>> 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".

Oh, interesting, thanks for educating me.  :-)

Ludo’.

PS: Your MUA seems to have troubles quoting non-ASCII text.