Re: [Axiom-developer] Makefile.solaris9 stanza

[root]

On September 14, 2006 9:42 PM you wrote:
> > 
> > > > > As far as I can see PLF is defined in Makefile.pamphlet 
> > but never
> > > > > used anywhere in the source.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I suggest we delete it before somebody tries to use it. We don't
> > > > > need more flags and special cases in the source if we can avoid
> > > > > it.
> 
> Damn. So I guess it's too late. This stuff is everywhere. ;)

Yeah, most of those conditionals are what make the C code hard to port.
C is the least portable language there is (I know because I had to 
figure out most of those conditionals). That's one major motivation
toward rewriting it in lisp.

t