[Maxima-discuss] obsolete and other Lisp implementations, was: Trying to accommodate GCL is keeping us from making progress

[Robert D. <rob...@gm...>]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 2:04 PM Wolfgang Dautermann
<wol...@da...> wrote:

> Maybe - if Camm Maguire reads that list - it would make sense to create
> a real new *release* - 2.6.13 - in the near future, not just 124
> 2_6_13pre-versions? Gcl seemms to be actively maintained (although there
> seems to be just one developer for several years, a pity...).

If ever the lacking features are implemented for GCL, then we can
circle back. I'm not opposed to GCL, I'm opposed to passing up various
features for Maxima because GCL doesn't provide the necessary
implementation.

> If "code cleanup" (removal of current configure-options, and currently
> working code in the Maxima code base) is the target, maybe the "support"
> for "Scieneer Common Lisp (SCL)" should be removed - it is/was
> commercial software and their website does no longer exist.

Yes, we can just cut out all of the SCL stuff.

> And maybe for GCL the current code (code for ./configure-options, ...)
> for GCL should be kept, but we might call it a 'not recommended (or not
> very well tested) compiler'? Or somethin similar?

I'm against it. "Not very supported" will mean in practice that we
can't clean up GCL-related cruft.

FWIW

Robert