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Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad
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Stephen Wilson |
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Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad |
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08 Jul 2007 22:34:16 -0400 |
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"Bill Page" <address@hidden> writes:
> I think it is a good idea but that it need not be a high priority.
I agree as well. If I worked in that direction it would be a side
project which would get my attention only on occasion.
> Perhaps related but much more important to me would be a general
> cleanup of the output of the SPAD compiler. Right now it might be at
> best said to be "spectacularly obscure". (I recall Gaby quoting one of
> his students who shared this view of the SPAD output and error
> messages.). It seems to me that the current diagnostic output was
> intended to be intelligible only to someone who was familiar with the
> internal design of the SPAD compiler. Surely it is possible to produce
> compiler output that makes sense to someone who only programs at the
> SPAD level.
I wish I had the motivation to do the work and refit the current
compiler with a proper error facility. This is just another thing I
hope to solve `for free' as a consequence of the Lisp rewrite.
Take care,
Steve
- [Axiom-developer] Re: rep, per, Rep in SPAD/Aldor, (continued)
- [Axiom-developer] Re: rep, per, Rep in SPAD/Aldor, Ralf Hemmecke, 2007/07/13
- [Axiom-developer] Re: rep, per, Rep in SPAD/Aldor, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/07/14
- [Axiom-developer] Re: rep, per, Rep in SPAD/Aldor, Ralf Hemmecke, 2007/07/14
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: rep, per, Rep in SPAD/Aldor, Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/07/14
- [Axiom-developer] Re: [Aldor-l] rep, per, Rep in SPAD/Aldor, Christian Aistleitner, 2007/07/14
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad, Ralf Hemmecke, 2007/07/13
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad, Stephen Wilson, 2007/07/13
Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad, Bill Page, 2007/07/08
Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad, Waldek Hebisch, 2007/07/09
Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad, Bill Page, 2007/07/09
Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad, Ralf Hemmecke, 2007/07/09
Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad, Bill Page, 2007/07/09
Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad, Bill Page, 2007/07/09
Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad, Ralf Hemmecke, 2007/07/09
Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad, Bill Page, 2007/07/09
Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad, Ralf Hemmecke, 2007/07/09
Re: [Axiom-developer] Unions in Spad, Stephen Wilson, 2007/07/11