misha@huji.ac.il (Michael Pak) (07/17/90)
Hi there!
We are using here HC version 1.4, which though makes an excellent
optimizations and VERY fast executable code, not always seems to be able to
compile all C program.
From the answers I have received from folks on the NET, it is clear that newer
versions have the answer to my problems. So the question is: is HC a commercial
product, and if it is not, were can I ftp it or something?
(Currently, when I encounter a file I can't compile by HC, I need to do that
by PCC, which sometimes results in poor code).
Thanks a lot.
Misha.
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Michael Pak
Dept of Computer Science,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
E-mail: misha@boojum.huji.ac.il or misha@humus.bitnet
Phone: (927-2-)-585690
=====================================================brunner@bullhead.uucp (07/20/90)
In article <misha.648188037@mush> misha@huji.ac.il (Michael Pak) writes: > > (paraphrased: uses 1.4, thinks 2.? will be better, wants to know how to > obtain same, e.g., via anonymous ftp) > The current version is 2.1y, which may be very hard to non-US sites to obtain for two reasons: European support has (I think) been discontinued for several months, and a uucp cost for the compressed images from a non-US site, e.g., Israel (or the Netherlands or Austrailia) is non-trivial. I wrote this today in reply to another request, it addresses the same set of issues, with some extra details not specific to Michael Pak's query: ------- Forwarded Message Return-Path: brunner Received: from LOCALHOST by bullhead.paloalto.ibm.com (5.61/1.14) id AA12422; Thu, 19 Jul 90 12:36:47 -0700 Message-Id: <9007191936.AA12422@bullhead.paloalto.ibm.com> To: ibmsupt!uunet!econ.vu.nl!gerards@ibmpa.paloalto.ibm.com Cc: brunner, mlewis@ibmpa.paloalto.ibm.com Subject: Re: Problem with link to ibmsupt In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 19 Jul 90 17:19:33 +0100. <9007191721.aa26790@top.cs.vu.nl> Date: Thu, 19 Jul 90 12:36:45 -0700 From: MH 6.6 (Eric Brunner) <brunner> Gerard, The shipped Dec 88 release had hc2.1n, the current version is 2.1y as you noted -- it is improved and I expect another version in 45 days or so. The files which I provide are /usr/lib/hc[1-2]com, which I usually provide with the version number as a prefix, e.g., 2.1yhc?com. The driver (/bin/hc) is not changed. I can't comment on where within the Internet you can find an anonymous ftp-site to obtain the current version of the compiler -- the 3rd party vendor (Metaware) views distribution by IBM by any other means than uucp to the host ibmsupt from licenced IBM/4.3 hosts, or by floppy/tape sent to licenced IBM/4.3 sites to be an infringement upon their property rights. In respose to your numbered items, you are reading this so #1 of the "would you be so kind" list is taken care of. The Internet archive of the patches distributed by Mark Lewis and myself is bikini.cs.ufl.edu, however, some sites in western North America can not resolve this host. This may be the case in Europe as well, really it is a name server problem which the host administrator should (in a perfect world) resolve. Fortunately the host has a CNAME which is ufl.edu (University of FLorida in the EDUcational domain). I've forgotten the ip address for that host, but you ought to be able to discover it with nslookup from your site -- query against mcvax for a start. I'd like to send you a patch tape with the compiler if you can't easily get what you need via anonymous ftp, but IBM has discovered that national boundries cause headaches -- it took me three months to get a current release out to the University of Queensland (Oz) for some poor guy that got overlooked for two years -- so I suggest that you try to get everything not easily emailed from Florida first, then let me know what you still need. That takes care of item #3. On the "by the way" list, yes you will have to recomile at least the asy driver (generate a new asy.o), then relink your kernel. I suggest that you also install V1.21 and V1.22, which fix the following bugs: V1.21: A bug was introduced in V1.3 limiting minor device numbers. I/O on /dev/ttyc1 results in a trap. V1.22: The watchdog close timer expires too early. In the case of the IBM Proprinter at 9600 bps this causes the last few lines of output to be lost. Eric ------- End of Forwarded Message Eric Brunner, Consultant, IBM AWD Palo Alto (415) 855-4486 inet: brunner@monet.berkeley.edu uucp: uunet!ibmsupt!brunner trying to understand multiprocessing is like having bees live inside your head.
seeger@bikini.cis.ufl.edu (F. L. Charles Seeger III) (07/21/90)
In article <1990Jul19.233916.14458@ibmpa> brunner@ibmsupt.UUCP () writes: | ... The Internet archive of the patches | distributed by Mark Lewis and myself is bikini.cs.ufl.edu, however, some | sites in western North America can not resolve this host. This may be the | case in Europe as well, really it is a name server problem which the host | administrator should (in a perfect world) resolve. Fortunately the host has | a CNAME which is ufl.edu (University of FLorida in the EDUcational domain). | I've forgotten the ip address for that host, but you ought to be able to | discover it with nslookup from your site -- query against mcvax for a start. Everyone's name resolution might work better if the correct name of our machine is used: "bikini.cis.ufl.edu" (that is "cis", not "cs"). This machine is also reachable as "cis.ufl.edu" and "ufl.edu". It is currently running with two Ether interfaces with IP numbers of 128.227.224.1 and 128.227.128.2. Also, for what it is worth, this naming is done with A RRs, not CNAME RRs. Thanks again to Eric and Mark for their continuing support of the "good" brand of IBM *nix. Now, if we could only get a 4.3/4.4 port to the RS6000... Regards, Chuck -- Charles Seeger E301 CSE Building Office: +1 904 392 1508 CIS Department University of Florida Fax: +1 904 392 1220 seeger@ufl.edu Gainesville, FL 32611-2024 Home: +1 904 375 1819