Re: Fwd: Maxima patches for Scieneer Common Lisp.

Hi Douglas,

I have a question about this --

> patch-packages: Use lowercase symbols to name packages.  This allows
> the source to compile on CL variants with lowercase standard symbol
> names such as Scieneer Common Lisp while still being valid ANSI-CL code.

I don't understand why SCL doesn't like stuff like (in-package "MAXIMA").
The Hyperspec suggests that's valid. If you want to change it to
(in-package :maxima) that appears to be valid too, but there's nothing
to stop other programmers from putting (in-package "MAXIMA") whenever
they want, so you'll have an ongoing maintenance problem.

All the best,

Robert Dodier