Re: How to enable ANSI build for GCL 2.7.1

Raymond Toy <[email protected]> Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:36:30 -0800
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On 11/24/25 8:17 AM, Robert Dodier wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM Grégory Vanuxem<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Not at all a GCL specialist but to see if your GCL supports ANSI have
>> you tried to export the environment variable:
>> GCL_ANSI=t
>> before starting GCL?
> Thanks Grégory, that works for me. I see that the GCL_ANSI environment
> variable is mentioned by
> https://www.gnu.org/software/gcl/RELEASE-2.7.1.html so I guess this is
> the right way to select ANSI GCL.
>
Yes, that's what I do.

But, really, does anyone still want CLtL1 lisp anymore? Shouldn't gcl 
default to ANSI now?

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      <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 19.2px; margin-top: 0px;">On 11/24/25
        8:17 AM, Robert Dodier wrote:</p>
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            <pre wrap=3D"" class=3D"moz-quote-pre">Not at all a GCL speci=
alist but to see if your GCL supports ANSI have
you tried to export the environment variable:
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before starting GCL?
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          <pre wrap=3D"" class=3D"moz-quote-pre">Thanks Gr=C3=A9gory, tha=
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variable is mentioned by
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cl/RELEASE-2.7.1.html">https://www.gnu.org/software/gcl/RELEASE-2.7.1.htm=
l</a> so I guess this is
the right way to select ANSI GCL.

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      <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 19.2px; margin-top: 0px;">Yes, that's
        what I do.</p>
      <p style=3D"margin-bottom: 19.2px; margin-top: 0px;">But, really,
        does anyone still want CLtL1 lisp anymore? Shouldn't gcl default
        to ANSI now?</p>
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