clisp and gclisp give different answer for the same

Hi


Thanks for all the help and the suggestions. The Clisp-2.31 compiled 
maxima produced the same answers as the gclisp compiled maxima. It also 
works with texmacs on a win2000/cygwin system. I am pretty sure that it 
will do the same on an win/xp/cygwin.

I basically went to maxia CVS and copied the following files:

commac.lisp
comm2.lisp
compar.lisp
displa.lisp
macsys.lisp
numth.lisp

and replaced the files in maxima5.9.0 src distribution with these files 
and compiled the maxima with clisp-2.31. I also use the updatedb command 
to update the database. This allowed maxima to open up as a shell within 
texmacs.

The cvs command to get access to cvs as anonymous did not work. It keep 
asking for a password. The return key for a password was not accepted.

What is an easy way to use cvs command that will allow someone to get 
anonymous access to maxima/cvs? I used the copy and paste from the 
browser window to download the above mentioned files.

Once again thanks for all the hints and the help.

regards Javed



Vadim V. Zhytnikov wrote:

> James Amundson ÐÉÛÅÔ:
>
>> On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 17:09, Javed Alam wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I ran the  maxima versions(5.9.0) compiled with clisp(2.31) and 
>>> gclisp(2.5.0) for exact same problems. The build_info for both is 
>>> included.
>>> OS ENVIRONMENT: CYGWIN under WINXP
>>> CYGWIN { 2003/08/31 12:05:44 Starting cygwin install, version 
>>> 2.340.2.5 }
>>
>>
>>
>> I am pretty sure there is a small, but important conflict between clisp
>> 2.31 and Maxima 5.9.0. The good news is that the problem is fixed in
>> CVS. The bad news is that I don't remember exactly which change it was.
>> (Anyone else? It may have been a change for CMUCL. It definitely
>> predates Clisp 2.31.)
>> We need to think about making a 5.9.1 release. In the meantime, getting
>> the CVS version of Maxima would be the easiest workaround.
>>
>
> Right, Maxima 5.9.0 will not work with clisp 2.31 and 2.30 (other 
> reason).  As for clisp 2.31 incompatibolity - the fix is the
> latest patch to commac.lisp (maclisp-typep).
>


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