--- "Vadim V. Zhytnikov" <vvzhy@mail.ru> wrote:
>
> Sorry, I don't quite grasp your idea. In particular difference
> between 1 and 3. Do you suggest to make Allegro CL
> the primary Lisp for Maxima? If so then I would rather
> support options 3. Any extra Lisps are welcomed and
> I honestly believe that Allegro Common Lisp is better
> than non commercial Lisps we have. But I don't like
> to rely on any closed source binaries. Imagine the
> company which provided them ceased to operate
> (like Macsyma Inc. does) where do I get new ones?
> Maxima is attractive to me due to availability of
> complete source code (including Lisp) which doesn't
> depend on any vendor.
I agree completely. ACL should be explored as another lisp on which to
run, but not THE lisp on which to run.
CY
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