[Axiom-developer] Re: [SAGEdev] Xcode and Fink (was: Hopefully stupid question)

[Waqar Malik]

Ok, I looked at the page, and to build it seems pretty simple, since  
it uses configure script., If you want to you can install MacPorts  
and install gcl and try to build axiom on the mac and see if it builds.
I will give it a try later today, as I have class that I need to  
attend this morning.

--Waqar
On Sep 7, 2006, at 10:24 AM, Page, Bill wrote:

> On Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:42 AM Waqar Malik wrote:
>
> >         I be glad to help with Axiom, but I have not used
> > Axiom, so I have not tried to compile it.
>
> Thank you, thank you!
>
> The main part of Axiom (the AXIOMsys computational "engine") is
> built as a very large Lisp application on top of GCL plus a few
> external subroutines written in C linked into the image.
>
> The two other main parts of Axiom: Hyperdoc and Graphics, run
> as separate processes, are written entirely in C and communicate
> with AXIOMsys via sockets.
>
> > Couple of things to remember about gcl port, I have not updated
> > to the latest release (2.6.7) and I have not compiled it on
> > Intel machines yet, I will have to spend some time to verify
> > that it works.
>
> It should be possible to build Axiom using the older version
> of GCL.
>
> Anything you can do to help us with this would be greatly
> appreciated! If you haven't already, you might want to visit
> the Axiom developer website at
>
> http://wiki.axiom-developer.org
>
> to find out more about Axiom. If you have any questions and/or
> suggestions, please let me know.
>
> Thanks again, and "Welcome aboard!" :-)
>
> Regards,
> Bill Page.