On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Waldek Hebisch wrote: > Bill Page wrote: >> >> Sometimes it is still surprising what was never documented in Axiom... > > You never met concept of "intentionaly undocumented"? AFAICS > Boot was considered internal detail which users should not > know about. >
Yes I suppose, although it is definitely against my personal philosophy ... :) It is irritating to have someone tell you that "this is something you should not know about". The distinction between users and developers in Axiom is not very clear but I am very aware of the negative attitude towards BOOT is some parts of the original Axiom project. >> > Note that this is consistent with .input files, which >> > are also compiled by default. >> > >> >> In what sense are .input files compiled? > > .input files are first translated to Lisp (unless something > stops type inference) and then by default Lisp is compiled. > This seems strange to me since I usually think of .input files as "script" which is interpreted. I suppose that this use of the word "compiled" is a rather technical in relation to Lisp. 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.
