Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 11:48:59 -0800 From: Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> To: Tim Pierce <twp@unchi.org> Cc: jseger@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Building GCL on FreeBSD Message-ID: <200112031948.OAA21621@wellington.cnchost.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Dec 2001 09:17:52 EST." <20011203091752.B62865@ma-1.rootsweb.com>
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> I was able to build it after playing with the build process for a > day or so, but I did not change any signal-handling code. Without > knowing what's supposed to be broken, I'm not sure whether it's > working or not. I'll try experimenting with some signals and see > whether they appear to be handled properly. Cool! Please send patches via send-pr (and a diff to me via private email)! Unless Bill Schelter made some very unusual assumptions about signals there should be no breakage. Also, even a partially working gcl is useful as maxima really likes gcl underneath it. > Well, GCL has come highly recommended by the hardcore Lisp hackers > I know on the strength of its compiler. I know that CMUCL is also > highly regarded, but I find its build process even more frustrating. Yes, I have heard complaints of cmucl being hard to build but on freebsd the work is done for you! I just did "cd /usr/ports/lang/cmucl; make && make install". From a quick scan of the maxima mailing list it seems that even though no one wants to see GCL languish, it is essentially orphaned at least until some one comes forward to maintain it. Also note that gcl is not Common Lisp compatible while cmucl and clisp are. BTW, I couldn't build maxima with cmucl but it built fine with clisp and passed a bunch of tests. clisp is the slowest of the three but that is okay with me; I am in it just for the nostalgia (what would be really neat is to run macsyma on ITS on a simulated pdp-10)! See maxima.sourceforge.net. -- bakul To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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