Richard Fateman wrote:
> True, that quote refers to CLOS, but to me the implication is that the Java
> implementation is defective with respect to on-line redefining of lisp
> programs (e.g. compiling and running something just created on the fly) and
> linking them into the running program.
Just wanted to clarify your blanket statement.
>
> But even so, benchmarks posted at
> http://www.cliki.net/Performance%20Benchmarks suggest that ABCL can be a few
> hundred to a few thousand times slower on various ordinary computations,
> though comparable on some others..
Yep.
>
> Is there a real compelling reason to use this for Maxima? If not I would
> just put it in the category of curiosities.
For me, I think it's only interesting if you want to run Maxima on some
platform which doesn't have a Lisp implementation but does have a Java
implementation.
Or, perhaps, if you want to access java's gui or other facilities.
Don't know if abcl allows that or not.
Ray