Re: [Maxima-commits] CVS: maxima/share/affine polyb.lisp,1.2,1.3



On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 09:13, Raymond Toy wrote:
> >>>>> "Wolfgang" == Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner@users.sourceforge.net> writes:
> 
>     Wolfgang> Update of /cvsroot/maxima/maxima/share/affine
>     Wolfgang> In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv1179
> 
>     Wolfgang> Modified Files:
>     Wolfgang> 	polyb.lisp 
>     Wolfgang> Log Message:
>     Wolfgang> *RED: Comment out code for Lisp machine.  The feature test #+3600 is
>     Wolfgang>  not ANSI CL conform and nobody supports this, anyway.
> 
> This brings up another question: Should we do this for other parts of
> the code?  Like the stuff for ti and pdp10 and other systems that will
> probably never be used again.  Deleting this would help to make some
> of the code much easier to read and maintain.

I made a similar suggestion a long time ago, in the thread that starts
here:
http://www.math.utexas.edu/pipermail/maxima/2001/000372.html

I haven't re-read the whole thread. I seem to remember that the idea was
shot down. It is worth re-visiting the issue. I am still in favor of
deleting the old conditionals.

--Jim
-- 
James Amundson <amundson@fnal.gov>