RE: [Axiom-developer] Axiom meeting at ISSAC

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Weiss, Juergen wrote:

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| >  On Behalf Of Gabriel Dos Reis
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| > Subject: Re: [Axiom-developer] Axiom meeting at ISSAC
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| > (It would be interesting to know why the new compiler was 
| > disconnected when
| > Axiom was made open source).
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| As far as I know, the ``new compiler'' has been abandoned 
| around 1990. I think, sources from 1991 did not contain that compiler.
| It has never been used in ``production'' even with Scratchpad II.
| As a replacement (for the old compiler and the never used new
| one) A# was developed (later known as Aldor) -- around 1991 and 1992. 
| So this was before Axiom became a commercial product by NAG and
| long before Axiom became open souce.

Many thanks!

-- Gaby