On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 9:31 AM Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't know GCL or Lisp at all really but according to wikipedia GCL > "produces native object code by first generating C code and then > calling a C compiler". If that's correct then in combination with a C > compiler that generates WASM it should be possible for GCL to compile > e.g. Maxima to WASM. Then it would be possible to run Maxima in the > browser with no local install needed. > I think it would be great to be able to do this, but I think all of the Lisps that compile to C require special things (signals?) to implement GC. That probably won't work well in WASM. > > -- > Oscar > > On Sat, 14 Jan 2023 at 16:24, Camm Maguire <c...@maguirefamily.org> wrote: > > > > Greetings, and thanks as always for your feedback! > > > > Not sure I understand the intent of the question, nor am I familiar with > > WASM. From what I can tell, GCL and WASM are alternative approaches to > > hosting a lisp programming environment, the former via native machine > > code, and the latter by cross-platform web scripting commands. If > > correct, one would never want to run GCL 'under' WASM. > > > > Take care, > > > > Henry Baker <hbak...@pipeline.com> writes: > > > > > Hi Camm: > > > > > > Dumb question: > > > > > > Has anyone gotten GCL to run within WASM yet? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Camm Maguire <c...@maguirefamily.org> > > > Sent: Jan 12, 2023 11:07 AM > > > To: Jerry James <loganje...@gmail.com>, <c...@maguirefamily.org> > > > Cc: <maxima-disc...@lists.sourceforge.net>, <gcl-devel@gnu.org> > > > Subject: Re: [Maxima-discuss] gcl-2.6.13 released [stable] > > > > > > Greetings! Just to report that this has now been resolved, and the > > > release tarball can now be retrieved from the official gnu site. > > > > > > That said, a cleanup 2.6.14 release is forthcoming shortly, with the > > > principal goal of supporting gcc-12. > > > > > > Take care, > > > > > > Jerry James writes: > > > > > >> On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 8:22 AM Camm Maguire wrote: > > >>> Greetings! Yes, the upload still seems stuck in the ftp-upload queue, > > >>> but all feedback thus far indicates a successful installation: > > >>> > > >>> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/ftp-upload-report/2022-12/msg00062.html > > >>> > > >>> I'm hoping it appears in a few days, but in the meantime you can > > >>> checkout tag Version_2_6_13 from git. Please let me know if problems > > >>> persist. > > >> > > >> Something seems wrong. The gcl-2.6.13 tarball still doesn't appear at > > >> gnu.org, but files uploaded after it have appeared > (tramp-2.6.0.tar.gz > > >> and ncurses-6.4.tar.gz, for example). > > > > > > -- > > > Camm Maguire c...@maguirefamily.org > > > > ========================================================================== > > > "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- > Baha'u'llah > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Maxima-discuss mailing list > > > maxima-disc...@lists.sourceforge.net > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/maxima-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Camm Maguire > c...@maguirefamily.org > > > ========================================================================== > > "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- > Baha'u'llah > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Maxima-discuss mailing list > > maxima-disc...@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/maxima-discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Maxima-discuss mailing list > maxima-disc...@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/maxima-discuss > -- Ray
