donlp with maxima



On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 09:58:41AM -0400, Kostas Oikonomou wrote:
> Just a comment on this: for nonlinear constrained 
> optimization, the package ipopt is a better choice, in my 
> opinion.  It is actively developed and very well supported. 
> See https://projects.coin-or.org/Ipopt.
> 
> 						Kostas

ipopt looks like a very nice package, unfortunately, linking it to
maxima requires a standardized foreign function interface. I think
it's getting nearer and nearer that we should switch to SBCL as the
standard and get CFFI interfaces along for the ride.


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