RE: [Gcl-devel] clocc defsystem and gcl

[Mike Thomas]

Hi there.

Still working my way through a backlog of email from late last year:

| > On a (related) note, are there any plans in the future to get McCLIM
| > working on GCL?  I'm not sure, but this might require both CLOS and a
| > working threads implimentation.  Maxima itself doesn't use CLOS as far
| > as I know, but if we ever decide to impliment an interface in McCLIM
| > that would require it.
| >
|
| If someone can explain to me clearly the issues of threads in lisp,
| and if there is high demand, I'd like to get this insupport threads
| eventually.  But it appears to be low priority at this point.  We're
| working on ansi compliance and compiler reliability, and I'd like to
| get to some performance monitoring soon.

FYI, see Roger Corman's PowerPoint presentation of challenges and solutions
to implementing a multithreaded lisp here:

   http://www.cormanlisp.com/Multi-threaded%20Lisp.ppt

Cheers

Mike Thomas.