On 2/19/07, Todor Kondic <dolichenus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey, thanks!
> Oh, but I must ask - is kill some kind of deconstructor?
Maxima uses the underlying Lisps' garbage collectors, and does not support
explicit deallocation/deconstruction.
Kill simply disconnects the name from the related objects. If the objects
are otherwise unreferenced, they will be reclaimed.
I am relatively fresh with maxima and my sources are mainly the
> documentation and the online book. I've seen all these various rem***
> commands but I'm not sure what is the best way to destroy objects and
> their contents.
You normally should not have to worry about this.
-s