Greetings! u1204 <d...@axiom-developer.org> writes:
> Camm, > >>Greetings! Are solaris and or Windows (mingw and cygwin) targets of >>interest? If so, what AXIOM setting works here? > > Solaris? Does that still exist? I don't have access to a Solaris box > anymore. I thought it sat in the corner with Multics and MVS. I would > have no idea how to set up the environment for it. Has anyone ported > texlive? > OK, this is clearly not important. Just checking as it is a maintained gcl target in 2.6.11. > Windows? Maybe. I'm leaning toward either a virtual machine (there > is an "integrated" virtual machine I saw somewhere) or a Docker > image (if I can find a Docker/Windows setup). > > I tried porting Axiom to mingw on Windows and wasted a week on a > compiler bug in the mingw C compiler. I really hate single-stepping > algebra in a debugger, especially when the bug is in the compiler. > I do have access to both mingw and cygwin environments for testing if desired. Again, just checking as these are supported gcl targets and I want to complete testing before releasing 2.6.11. Personally, it would seem that at least one of these is at least as important as mac. I take it it has never really worked? Is there a AXIOM keyword you worked on last, e.g. mnt/mingw? > The long term goal is to reduce Axiom to straight Common Lisp, > using a browser front end (because, you know, browsers are stable > platforms that never change :-) ). I have the browser interface > working and a fair portion of the hyperdoc text available. I also > have a working "notebook" where you can type expressions and see > the results in the browser. I'm looking at rewriting the graphics > to use the html5 canvas. > > So, eventually, all you will need to do is fire up a browser, > point it at the pages, and all of Axiom will be available. > Combined with the literate work it should be a good environment. > > Time, all it takes it time. ... As always, I so admire your ambition! Take care, > > Tim > > > > > > > -- Camm Maguire c...@maguirefamily.org ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
