> So what I would like to do in produce an update to the Sage
> 'fricas-1.0.3.spkg' optional package to include building the Aldor
> interface if Aldor is present.

Just a comment an no code... if with every FriCAS distribution x.y.z 
there is a fricas-x.y.z.spkg, I don't see a problem with just including 
libaxiom.al into that spkg. The .ao files in the .al library are machine 
independent. There are only the files that are generated into the 
src/aldor/lib directory that need a build from source. But these are 
only 8 small files. So the time should be less than a minute.

> The build time for the Aldor interface will be an issue unless we can
> find a way to do something similar for it. I know that Aldor is able
> to generate high-level architecture-independent intermediate code and
> even Lisp code, but I am not sure if the make scripts written by Ralf
> make caching of this intermediate code or Lisp possible. Building the
> Aldor interface currently takes about 30 minutes. We know that this
> can be reduced at the expense of a larger library file by optimizing
> the use of 'ar'. (Maybe this is due to a bug in 'ar'? Or is it a
> problem in the way we are using 'ar'?)

The Aldor compiler includes more symbols into the .ao file if it 
incrementally builds libaxiom.al. I have no idea why it is including 
that needless information.

Sorry, no code, because I am just catching up after vacation and I 
haven't really looked into fricas-1.0.3.spkg. A link to it would be helpful.

Ralf

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