Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: learning Lisp

[Ralf Hemmecke]

William Sit wrote:
> > >  --> )lisp (setq $dalymode t)
> > $dalymode says:
> >
> >   if the first character is a '('
> >     then it is lisp
> >     else it is axiom
>
> That is nice. Your instructions are exactly what I was looking for. I can read
> in a file (on Linux, but on Windows, there is the path problems). Is there any
> danger I overwrite any system definitions? The functions defined survive after
> (setq $dalymode nil) and another (setq $dalymode t), which is nice also. Are
> these functions then available in Axiom somehow?

Could somebody enlighten me... Why would an ordinary Axiom user ever 
want to enter LISP commands into Axiom? What would be reasonable things 
that cannot be done in the SPAD interpreter itself?

Ralf