Efficient Lisp functions -- using results of symbolic calculations numerically
Subject: Efficient Lisp functions -- using results of symbolic calculations numerically
From: Stavros Macrakis
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:20:25 -0400
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.
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