RE: [Axiom-developer] Re: interval.spad INTRVL

[Weiss, Juergen]

Axiom remembers in the database files, if the source was an aldor
or spad file and behaves differently. So if you distributed the old
database, it does not work. Did not work for me either ;-).

Juergen

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> > > re: INTRVL
> > > 
> > > The reason it works in Juergen's version is that the interval.spad
> > > file is compiled as one file rather than as a category 
> and a domain.
> > 
> > No, look again. That is not what happens in Juergen's makefile.
> > All of the pamphlet files including interval.spad.pamphlet are
> > split into upper case name files containing individual modules
> > with named by their abbreviations and also as a combined module
> > file with a lower case name the same as the pamphlet. *Only*
> > the upper case files are compiled. In fact, in my variant of
> > Juergen's makefile I have eliminated all of the files with
> > lowercase names.
> > 
> > There must be some other explanation.
> 
> Interesting. That's another clue. I missed that.
> 
> > > In order to build the first interpsys you need the database files.
> > > These are gotten from the src/share/algebra/*.daase files 
> which are
> > > the original NAG databases.
> > 
> > Juergen re-built the src/share/algebra/*.daase files. These
> > re-built files are used to build the first version.
> 
> Hmmm, yet another clue. I'll look into that also.
> 
> 
> > This reminds me to ask about the other ALDOR files that are
> > included in the build but apparently not compiled. Are you
> > planning that these will at some point be compiled by ALDOR?
> > (which is now a separate non-BSD licensed? package) How
> > difficult is it for a user to encorporate ALDOR if they so
> > wished? There would likely be a considerable speed and memory
> > advantage for certain routines. Right?
> > 
> > Another thing that has happened since Aldor separated from
> > Axiom is that a very large part of the algegbra has been
> > re-written and apparently improved. Do you think that in
> > the medium to long term the Axiom and Aldor algebra libraries
> > should be made compatible? How practical (and legal?) would
> > it be for Axiom (at least as a option) to implement the
> > same library. Is it difficult to convert to spad. Or is
> > there any advantage if ALDOR can be easily linked with
> > Axiom?
> 
> mumble
> 
> > > The nature of that problem is that SIGNEF uses INTRVL.
> > > 
> > 
> > With the Thursday version if I compile INTCAT, INTRVL and
> > SIGNEF in the same session (and in that order), I get an
> > error
> > 
> > --------constructor---------
> > Compiling /home/wspage/projects/axiom2/./SIGNEF.NRLIB/code.lsp.
> > End of Pass 1.
> > End of Pass 2.
> > OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=0 (No runtime error checking), 
> Space=0, Speed=3
> > Finished compiling 
> /home/wspage/projects/axiom2/./SIGNEF.NRLIB/code.lsp.
> > 
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
> >   
> >    >> System error:
> >    Caught fatal error [memory may be damaged]
> >  
> > protected-symbol-warn called with (NIL)
> > 
> > --------
> > 
> > Ho hum ... time to get a little sleep.
> > 
> 
> sleep? at a time like this? where's your dedication, man! Why 
> it's only
> 3:30am. Sleep. cheese. you'll have time to sleep after you die.
> 
> t
> 
> 
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