Re: [Maxima-discuss] Trying to accommodate GCL is keeping us from making progress

[Leo B. <Leo...@um...>]

On Tue, Oct 18 2022, Robert Dodier <rob...@gm...> wrote:

>> The problem, as I have experienced repeatedly, is that gcl
>> will finish big computations while others barf (sbcl), take toooo
>> long (clisp) or some combination thereof.
>
> Hmm. My also-anecdotal experience is that GCL runs out of memory in
> cases where other Lisps don't.

I am not sure the vintage of your experience, but I am talking about
work done in the last 4 weeks.

>
> I would ask for examples, but to be honest it's secondary to the other
> issues about features lacking in GCL.

It is not secondary if you are trying to use maxima to do a calculation
and it barfs.

If sbcl would fix its memory management, then I would be fine doing as
you suggest.

Leo