> The system in question is SBCL on Ubuntu.
> Can anyone launch Maxima on such a system and check
> the value of *READ-DEFAULT-FLOAT-FORMAT* ?
$ maxima -l sbcl
Maxima 5.16post http://maxima.sourceforge.net
Using Lisp SBCL 1.0.11.debian
Distributed under the GNU Public License. See the file COPYING.
Dedicated to the memory of William Schelter.
The function bug_report() provides bug reporting information.
(%i1) :lisp
*READ-DEFAULT-FLOAT-FORMAT*
DOUBLE-FLOAT
(%i1)