Dear Waldek Could you comment on my (naive) thoughts & questions below? I use quotes for admittedly-unprecise terms.
I'm pretty sure you've talked about this in the last decade, but the information is quite spread around in the list. Thoughts: * The Aldor compiler is an improved version of the Spad compiler, written by one of its authors. So, as a non-expert, I would blindly tend to say that Aldor compiler is "better" than Spad compiler. At least it has written documentation and, I guess, it should produce faster compiled code (eg by compiling via the C compiler not the lisp one). * Spad syntax is, say, "90% equal" to Aldor, so moving the .spad files in algebra to .as files should not be impossible. * I guess the really "hard" problem is "porting" the interpreter to work on the top of Aldor, maybe using its -gloop shell. * On this list, I've never heard mentioning this "port to Aldor" even as a long term/dreamy project, while I've heard hypothetical mentions on rewriting the current fricas interpreter, which should also be "hard". So my questions: * would "porting" the interpreter on the top of aldor be much more difficult & unrealistic than rewriting the current fricas interpreter? * Which solution do you prefer, and, more important, could you somehow explain why? Thanks for your answer(s), and sorry for my impudence! riccardo
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