On 8/30/10 7:57 PM, Sheldon Newhouse wrote:
> Hello,
> I have been happily running maxima with cmucl in a linux
> environment. Among other advantages, one can easily move to big
> multiprocessor machines with the same code, system calls, etc.
> Would it be better these days to switch to sbcl or something else?
> I am mainly interested in speed, compilation options, etc.
I think any of the lisps that are supported by maxima should be fine.
Cmucl and sbcl are both pretty fast.
What kind of compilation options are you looking for?
And what kinds of problems are you doing that are too slow? If they're
fast enough, stick with whatever you're using.
Ray