ECL



On 11/14/11 11:39 AM, Paul Bowyer wrote:
> Hello again, maxima users:
>
> I'm trying ECL as an experiment because I see that it has the ability 
> to generate stand-alone executable programs by compiling to 'c' rather 
> than saved lisp core images that other lisps use and I'm wondering if 
> that might be something that can be done with the maxima installation 
> somehow.
>
> I don't know very much about what might be involved so I'm asking in 
> relative ignorance of what the possibilities are of using that mode of 
> generating a stand-alone executable of the maxima program.
>
> I'm sure I need to know a lot more about what I'm asking before I can 
> even ask an intelligent question on the subject, so this is just a 
> 'dumb' question at the moment.
>
> Thanks for any insights you may have,
>
> Paul Bowyer
>
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pretty much a pointless exercise if you are to be faithful to what 
Maxima does.
Since Maxima can execute commands like

:lisp    ... insert here anything that can be done by lisp....

your stand-alone executable would have to include all of lisp, anyway.

RJF