Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Kai Kaminski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > | Gabriel Dos Reis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > | > | > | Yeah, most of those conditionals are what make the C code hard to > port. > | > | > > | > | > no harder than the lisp non-portable sutff all over the place in the > | > | > Axiom source code. I don't think we have a perfect language match > | > | > here in terms of portability. I've coded for longtime in C and C++; I > | > | > don't think this particular is stuff is handled the proper way. > | > | I'm not going to start another pro-Lisp discussion. But I'd like to > | > | point out that Axiom's Lisp code is not representative of (modern) > | > | Lisp code. Furthermore the conditionals aren't organized very well and > | > | most of them are superfluos anyway, because they are for Lisps that > | > | are long dead and forgotten. > | > > | > Probably. > | > > | > > | > I followed this discussion > | > > | > http://www.math.utexas.edu/pipermail/maxima/2006/014309.html > | > > | > with some interest. > | Ok, I read the first dozen messages or so, but I'm not sure what > | you're aiming at (IEEE 754 or FFI?). Could you give me a hint? > > no, sorry reference to the wrong discussion > > http://www.math.utexas.edu/pipermail/maxima/2006/014315.html Ok, I guess it is about the fact that ANSI CL doesn't require IEEE-754 floating point? Maybe I'm dense, but I don't get what you're trying to say (seriously).
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