Re: [Axiom-developer] Old Lisp

[M. Edward (Ed) Borasky]

root wrote:
>> 1. As far as I know, GCL and CLISP are the only open source Lisps that 
>> run on Windows. CMUCL for sure doesn't and SBCL may not either. CMUCL 
>> probably never will, but SBCL has a good chance.
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> SBCL runs on Windows.
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That's good to hear! Native or CygWin?

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>> 2. I think GCL is faster than CLISP.
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> GCL is compiled code. CLISP is a byte-coded interpreted lisp.
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IIRC clisp is what's enabled under CygWin.
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>> 3. If you have GCL installed, does Axiom still build its own copy, or 
>> does it know about the installed version?
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> Yes, Axiom builds and uses GCL. It is not yet ansi lisp.
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My existing GCL is compiled with ANSI support, since Maxima requires
that. Will Axiom work with a GCL (2.6.7 IIRC) with ANSI support enabled?