Stefano Ferri wrote:
>
> I downloaded a Maxima package from a Slackware repository and it was compiled
> with CLISP. I would like to test if another lisp implementation could be
> better and faster. Maybe the package in the repository could be improved
> compiling Maxima against a different lisp, and many users could benefit of that.
> Sometimes, on this mailing list some people had trouble with certain lisp
> implementations. Therefore, what is the best (I mean faster and safer) lisp,
> excluding CLISP? Maybe CMUCL or GCL?
>
I've never had any trouble compiling maxima with any of the supported
Lisps that I've tried. That includes clisp, cmucl, gcl, and ecl. (ecl
needs to be relatively new, say 0.8.12 or later?) I know sbcl works
just fine. I think ccl works too.
Ray