Subject: bug in for on pre59 built with clisp using cygwin
From: James Amundson
Date: 06 Jan 2002 12:27:37 -0600
On Thu, 2001-12-20 at 09:43, Richard Fateman wrote:
> Violating the suggestion that "if it ain't broke don't fix it"
>
> I suggest nevertheless that the maxima code be changed
> to all lower case (except for comments, character strings,
> and other deliberate capitalizations). This makes it
> compatible with Allegro common lisp's both-cases, built-in
> names in lower case, "modern" mode. It should not break
> anything in the other common lisps. It makes the code
> easier for humans to read and (in the case below), easier
> to write!
I think we should do this after 5.9.0 and before 6.0. It's really
jolting to work on a section of code in lower case then to move on to a
section of code THAT SHOUTS AT YOU IN UPPER CASE.
--Jim