Robert Dodier wrote:
> On 10/19/07, Raymond Toy (RT/EUS) <raymond.toy at ericsson.com> wrote:
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>
>> 2. Compile maxima with abcl, a Lisp implementation written in java.
>> Don't know if abcl can actually compile maxima or not, though. I've
>> never actually used abcl.
>>
>
> I recompiled Maxima with ABCL recently (after patching both
> ABCL and Maxima source code -- won't compile without modifications)
> and the result has errors and fails the test suite. I didn't try
> to figure out what the problems are. I might try again
> if ever there is another release of ABCL (currently 0.0.10).
>
>
Too bad.
Don't hold your breath for a new release. :-)
The author of ABCL has moved on. He's now working on xcl, another Lisp
compiler for x86. I think it compiles to native x86 code.
Ray