Alright as an end user I find it frustrating/traumatic that such errors
are to be expected. I have recompiled the latest Maxima with GCL and
removed the Maxima I compiled with CLISP. My question is, was there any
way of expecting this error in CLISP or is it a complete fluke?
It seems so haphazard simplifying a simple trig. function and upon
converting it to a float an error is produced, not just any error but an
egregious one - this is somewhat traumatic as how can expect to use
Maxima for any major programming let alone as a calculator?
Please any words from programmers, and end users would be appreciated.