Ciao Fabrizio,
> (2) to check whether maxima is running under
> windows or linux?
>
I don't know a better solution, but this works for me:
whichos():=
if ?length(?\*autoconf\-win32\*) = 4
then system("Viva Gates !")
else system("Viva Torvalds !")$
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