[Maxima-discuss] Maxima using ECL (was: Trying to accommodate GCL is keeping us from making progress)

[Wolfgang D. <wol...@da...>]

Am 18.10.22 um 15:50 schrieb Raymond Toy:
>     - GCL requires a C compiler.
> 
> But so does ecl, which we support.  But that's not really a problem for 
> maxima; if you can run gcl (or ecl), you already have what's needed to 
> run it.

Concerning ECL: Currently - according to README-lisps.md - only the C 
compiler version of ECL is supported in Maxima.
ECL does also support a bytecode compiler:

"ECL must be configured to use the C compiler, building Maxima with the
ECL bytecode compiler is (currently) not possible. So do not use the
option --with-cmp=no when building ECL."

I know, it would be slower, but is supporting the bytecode-compiler 
option hard? It might be an additional option for my windows installer.

But currently - including the complete GCC toolchain - might be too much 
overhead (I assume, including the current GCC might double the size of 
the installer).

How does the Android port (which uses ECL) work (Thanks a lot to Yasuaki 
Honda for the Maxima App - great!!!)? Does it include the complete GCC 
compiler? I don't believe, that a C compiler ist 'standard' installed on 
Android?

Best regards, Wolfgang