On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Waldek Hebisch wrote: >> > >> > In reasonably new FriCAS: >> > >> > )read ax.boot >> > > Bill Page wrote: >> >> Very cool. But isn't it odd to make this a function of )read ? I >> would have expected )compile ... >> > > Originally )read would translate .boot file to lisp and load > the lisp file. This meant that the code was executed by > Lisp interpreter. IMHO loading files to be interpreted > makes little sense, so I changed ')read' so that the > Lisp file is compiled and loaded in compiled form.
Sometimes it is still surprising what was never documented in Axiom... > Note that this is consistent with .input files, which > are also compiled by default. > In what sense are .input files compiled? > Concerning ')compile': logically it should just compile, > without loading anything. But somewhat orignal authors > thought that combining several operations is more > convenient. > OK. Regards, Bill Page. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fricas-devel?hl=en.
