Am 03.10.2016 um 00:23 schrieb Waldek Hebisch: > Kurt Pagani wrote: >> >> I enthusiastically installed the 64-bit Intel/AMD Linux binary in the first ... >> of much help to get Fricas running !? Or, by the way, do you think ABCL could >> ever be used to compile Fricas? > > I expect ABCL to be quite slow, so I did not try (also, for long time Yes, that's for certain, if you're up to speed then ...
> I lived happily without Java...). However, I see no reasons to prevent It's also not at the top of my priority list. The only stimulus might be access to JVM (e.g. swing) like Jython. > port. Actually, for me first step would be running FriCAS (compiled > to Lisp files by different Lisp), that should require very little > effort. After that one can provide support functions needed by > compiler etc. Currently FriCAS build process needs a way to > create executables, that could be tricky with Java, but can be > faked using shell scripts (or C wrapper if shell is not available). > Also, FriCAS needs C functions from 'libspad.so', but they are > used for "system" type services, so core functinality should > work even without 'libspad.so'. AFAIU typical Java implementations > can call C, just code is nonportable. And I do not know how > much effert is needed to call C from ABCL... neither do I. > >>> >>> Can this "Linux subsystem" call native binaries? >> >> Yes, I've installed a lot of binaries. I even could do an "apt upgrade" to >> 16.04 >> (standard is 14.04 after activation). > > I was beeing imprecise above: I mean: can this "Linux subsystem" call > native Windows binaries? I know that it can run most Linux binaries. > The point is if it is an isolated sandbox or if it integrates with > Windows? > Now I understand. You can open a CMD or PowerShell and type 'bash' - then you'll feel like @home (it's real Ubuntu), but interaction from within this environment? Not that I'm aware of - although I'm not very used to it yet. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FriCAS - computer algebra system" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to fricas-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to fricas-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/fricas-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
