On Wed, 20 Apr 2011, Henry Baker wrote:
> Is there a true 64-bit Common Lisp implementation today? Is there a
> 64-bit Maxima that runs on it?
Yes, 64-bit sbcl. It compiles maxima fine (tested on 64-bit SUSE, works
OK).
> Also, I have a 3-core CPU. Does Lisp and/or Maxima take advantage of
> any of this processing power today?
No. Computer-algebra algorithms are difficult to parallelize. Nobody has
done this in maxima.
Andrey