On Tuesday, July 25, 2006 9:31 PM C Y wrote: > ... > > > It occurrs to me that this might be a waste of time, > > > particularly if the interp directory code contains all of > > > the functionality in boot aside from translating boot code > > > to cl. I think this is the case but before I throw out my > > > current work - is the boot directory in fact entirely > > > redundant functionality wise? > > > > > Bill Page wrote: > > Gee, what could have given you that idea?? > > The axiom_cmu.tgz archive does not contain the boot directory.
Thank you for continuing to look into this. > ... > Bill Page wrote: > > No the boot directory is not redundant. > > I was wrong. > Bill Page wrote: > > Yes you need to compile boot first before you can compile > > anything from interp. > I was wrong again. > Bill Page wrote: > > No the interp directory code does not contain all of the > > functionality of boot (nor any of the functionality of boot > > for that matter). > > Hmm. OK :-). You are so nice, but I was wrong again... > Bill Page wrote: > > No what you have been doing so far is not a waste of time. > > However, I think you should be using the make process as > > defined in the current Axiom makefiles first before trying > > to change things in a radical manner. > Yes, I admit it. Even this was rather bad advice. Regards, Bill Page. _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
