Greetings! Zbigniew Komarnicki <cblas...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wednesday 07 of July 2010 20:20:19 Raymond Toy wrote: > >> > kill(all); >> > m:[]; >> > for i:0 step -3 thru 10 do (m:append(m, [i]), display(i)); >> > display(m); >> >> What were you expecting? I get m being an empty list. > > Empty list is OK. > >> > /* This does NOT work in command window with variables */ >> > kill(all); >> > a:0; >> > b:10; >> > k:-3; >> > m:[]; >> > for i:a step k thru b do (m:append(m, [i]), display(i)); >> > display(m); > > This code not work in Debian Lenny, because this loop shouldn't execute! > In Debian it go forever. It is a bug in a stable system and stable Maxima (I > know in Debian every thing is very old but should be stable and very well > tested). > >> >> > I work in Linux, Debian Lenny i386 with this version of Maxima: >> > >> > Maxima 5.13.0 http://maxima.sourceforge.net >> >> That's pretty ancient, even by maxima standards. :-) > > I know that is very old, but I try compile in Debian (Lenny) Maxima from > source, but without success. First, the GCL in Debian is not compiled with > ANSI standard, so, I download the latest GCL from > ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/gcl/gcl-2.6.7.tar.gz > and compiled it with ANSI (--enable-ansi), but there was some errors. So I > couldn't go. > apt-get install gcl GCL_ANSI=t gcl gives ansi gcl promt, and export GCL_ANSI=t ; cd maxima-5.13.0 ; ./configure --enable-gcl && make or apt-get -q source maxima cd maxima-5.13.0 ; debian/rules build Take care, > Maybe is here somebody who will be show me and maybe others how to compile > GCL > from source and then Maxima from source the latest version? > http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/Maxima-source/5.21.1-source/maxima-5.21.1.tar.gz/download > > Maybe is there any how to, step by step what should be installed first and > what options should be used to compile first GCL and then Maxima especially > in Debian Lenny? > > Thank you for any help. > >> FWIW, I don't have this problem with your second example. I get m being >> the empty list. > > Yes this is correct answer but not in Debian Lenny Maxima. > > Thank you. > >> Ray > > Zbigniew > >> _______________________________________________ >> Maxima mailing list >> max...@math.utexas.edu >> http://www.math.utexas.edu/mailman/listinfo/maxima > > _______________________________________________ > Maxima mailing list > max...@math.utexas.edu > http://www.math.utexas.edu/mailman/listinfo/maxima > > > > -- Camm Maguire c...@maguirefamily.org ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87pqyxvfx8....@maguirefamily.org
