Efficient Lisp functions -- using results of symbolic calculations numerically



On 8/31/07, Bruno Daniel <bruno.daniel at gmx.net> wrote:
> one of the advantages of Common Lisp is that it blurs the distinction between
> compile time and runtime because in many Lisp implementations you can compile
> new functions to machine language speed at runtime. Why don't we use this in
> Maxima?

We do.  See the translate and compile commands.

           -s