I also use cygwin on windows, and it works. As a political issue,
it helps wean users away from MS windows gui interfaces, and on to
X windows user interfaces.
"Billinghurst, David (CALCRTS)" wrote:
> Just to add to Mikes comments.
>
> I am happily using a clisp based maxima on cygwin. It suits me because:
> - it has a unix command line
> - I have access to tools like cvs and rsync
> - I can script and automate tasks very easily, and run the same jobs
> on our Unix systems to get the real work done
> - the performance loss due to the emulation layer is often
> preferable to carrying around two PCs, and I am not allowed to
> install Linux work machines.
>
> However, for a typical PC user I also recommend the Windows native maxima,
> and this should be the focus of Windows based devopment effort.
>
> I am interested in a cygwin based gcl, as I'd like to try building
> axiom one day. I have had a couple of attempts at porting gcl to cygwin
> but never had the time/inclination to finish.
>
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