On 15/09/2013 10:56 AM, Mixon, Wilson wrote:
> I installed the following:
> Maxima 5.31.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net
> using Lisp GNU Common Lisp (GCL) GCL 2.6.8 (a.k.a. GCL)
>
> on a Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 system.
>
> Here is the result of my attempt to load draw in xMaxima. I had tried to load draw in wxMaxima, and the session hung.
>
> (%i1) load(draw);
> Compiling /PROGRA~2/MAXIMA~1.0/share/maxima/5.31.0/share/draw/grcommon.lisp.
> End of Pass 1.
> End of Pass 2.
> OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=2, Space=3, Speed=3
> Finished compiling C:/Users/User/maxima/binary/binary-gcl/share/draw/grcommon.o.
> ; - Binary file C:/Users/User/maxima/binary/binary-gcl/share/draw/grcommon.o is old or does not exist.
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I can't reproduce your problem on Windows XP. I will try on Windows 7
when one of the family can be separated from a laptop.
Might be a compiler problem. To investigate further, either:
1) Try the commands
f(x):=x+2;
compile(f);
f(2);
or 2) run the testsuite
run_testsuite();
which includes this test