Maxima rationals compared to CL rationals



Barton Willis wrote:
> Which function will compute 1 + 1/2 + ... + 1/5000 the fastest?

Speaking of which, should we think about bringing in Richard Fateman's 
work on making maxima work with CL rationals?  It would be nice to be 
able to use CL rationals in the Lisp code, instead of having to use 
((rat) num den).

Ray