On 11/14/2011 12:29 PM, Richard Fateman wrote:
> 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
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RJF
I hadn't thought of that aspect of maxima.
I haven't used maxima to call lisp directly, so barring that usage,
would compiling maxima down to a stand-alone executable be practical?
Paul Bowyer