--- Waldek Hebisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I agree that algebra bootstrap should be revisited. But IMHO the > > > main work to do is outside Makefiles: I think that algebra should > > > build just from spad files using Spad compiler and almost empty > > > databases. > > > > Agree, but that's more than just the main work - it's a massive > > undertaking. > > I think it is easier then you think. At the begining one has no > idea what to do. But once you start changing things the system > break down and studing breakage teaches you a lot how it works. > And regardles of how much work it takes it must be done: IMO system > which has huge uneditable blobs as "sources" too hard to maintain.
Ah, I see what you're getting at. (Sorry, the "just from spad" part triggered the old boot language debate memory files.) Yes, absolutely - any maintainance nightmare we can remove from Axiom has to be removed. > AFAICS axiom_cmu build algebra the same way as GCL version. Main > difference is that axiom_cmu makes some ANSI corrections (but not > enough to compile it using SBCL), and skips boot directory. > Motivated by axiom_cmu I made a patch to build-improvement branch > which skips boot directory: > > http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/axiom-developer/2006-10/msg00039.html Ah! I remember seeing that but I confess I did not appreciate the full significance of it. Very nice indeed. Gaby, is there any plan to incorporate this into the build-improvements branch? I guess it might be a bit out of scope for that branch... Cheers, and thanks! CY __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
