On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Alfredo Portes wrote: > > This looks like it is not working in OpenAxiom. It looks like I run into > an infinite loop. > > Thanks. > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Bill Page wrote: > >> (1) -> u:= [9,2,4,7]; concat! (u, [1,2,42]); end := rest(u,4); >> part:=rest(u,2); setrest!(end, part); > ... >> (3) -> #u >> >> >> System error: >> >> LENGTH: A proper list must not be circular: #1=(9 2 . #2=(4 7 1 . #2#)) >
I wonder if this message originates in the underlying Lisp system? I do not recognize the terminology "proper list". It seems like it might be some Lisp inferred type. In this example I was using FriCAS on Windows (compiled with clisp under cygwin). Maybe the infinite loop actually occurs in GCL? Regards, Bill Page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ open-axiom-devel mailing list open-axiom-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-axiom-devel
