It could be a lisp problem; I'm using clisp 2.39 under linux. Anyway, I'm
submitting a bug report.
-A.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:08 PM, Stavros Macrakis <macrakis at alum.mit.edu>wrote:
> This works fine in Maxima 5.15/GCL/Windows and so appears to be a problem
> in some other Lisp implementation. Could you please report this bug to our
> bug tracker, following the instructions (including the full version
> information) supplied by bug_report()?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -s
>
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Alasdair McAndrew <amca01 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Can anybody explain this (v 5.15.0):
>>
>> (%i1) cint("B");
>> (%o1) 98
>> (%i2) ascii(%);
>> (%o2) &b
>> (%i3) ascii(98);
>> (%o3) &b
>> (%i4) cint(%);
>> (%o4) 98
>>
>> Given that the ascii value for "B" is in fact 66, what's going on here?
>> What's this "&b"?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Alasdair
>>
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