[Maxima] ./configure options and speed of execution.

[Robert Dodier]

On 2012-06-13, Rupert Swarbrick <rswarbrick at gmail.com> wrote:

> Maxima devs: Is there a good reason to use Clisp as the default on Linux
> boxes? Maybe we could switch to GCL or SBCL (I'd prefer the latter)

Well, the default choice should be one which is widely available,
stable, lacking idiosyncrasies, etc. If you would like to survey the
Lisp world and identify an alternative to Clisp, by all means, please go
ahead. I am willing to second the motion if you are willing to do the
work.

best

Robert Dodier