[clisp-list] Re: [Maxima] clisp and gclisp give different answer for the same

[Vadim V. Z. <vv...@ma...>]

James Amundson =D0=C9=DB=C5=D4:
> On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 17:09, Javed Alam wrote:
>=20
>>Hi
>>
>>I ran the  maxima versions(5.9.0) compiled with clisp(2.31) and=20
>>gclisp(2.5.0) for exact same problems. The build_info for both is inclu=
ded.
>>OS ENVIRONMENT: CYGWIN under WINXP
>>CYGWIN { 2003/08/31 12:05:44 Starting cygwin install, version 2.340.2.5=
 }
>=20
>=20
> I am pretty sure there is a small, but important conflict between clisp
> 2.31 and Maxima 5.9.0. The good news is that the problem is fixed in
> CVS. The bad news is that I don't remember exactly which change it was.
> (Anyone else? It may have been a change for CMUCL. It definitely
> predates Clisp 2.31.)=20
>=20
> We need to think about making a 5.9.1 release. In the meantime, getting
> the CVS version of Maxima would be the easiest workaround.
>=20

Right, Maxima 5.9.0 will not work with clisp 2.31 and 2.30 (other=20
reason).  As for clisp 2.31 incompatibolity - the fix is the
latest patch to commac.lisp (maclisp-typep).

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      Vadim V. Zhytnikov

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