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Re: [Gcl-devel] Two questions about 2.6.8pre ANSI


From: Camm Maguire
Subject: Re: [Gcl-devel] Two questions about 2.6.8pre ANSI
Date: 15 Jan 2008 13:45:27 -0500
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Greetings!

address@hidden writes:

> 1. I built an ordinary 2.6.8pre yesterday  Can I build an
> ANSI one too, in the same directory, and have both, or do
> I need to make a separate copy?
> 

Alas, you need a spearate copy.  make clean in the new dir first,
please.

> 2. Briefly, how ANSI is it?  I'm asking because I have an
> AI planning system (O-Plan) that used to work in plain GCL,
> and I'd like to get it going again in a recent version.
> O-Plan's also worked in Lucid and ACL, so adapting to an
> ANSI CL shouldn't be a big problem, but it spent years
> longer in GCL and I'd like to get it going in GCL again
> quickly.  On the other hand, ANSI's better for the longer
> term.
> 
> So, if ANSI GCL is "ANSI enough" I'd probably go the ANSI
> route.  But I don't want to move to a GCL that's, say,
> kinda half way between.
> 
> BTW, though I say it's been in plain GCL, I added defpackage
> and loop using publicly available sources, and I used a
> CLOS subset I wrote myself, so having solid versions of
> those features would be nice.
> 

Its pretty good.  CVS is even better.  There are no new non-ansi
intermediates introduced into GCL, so any porting work you do now will
not be lost.

Take care,

> -- Jeff
> 
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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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