Elko Tchernev wrote: > > I will ask the Computing Services staff here at UMBC to upgrade the > Gforth installed on the campus machines. The currently installed version > is 0.4.0, and is quite old and a little buggy (as you know ;). I'll ask > them to install 0.5.0, as, in my experience, it is bug-free and installs > with no problems. (I don't want to risk 0.6.x yet, as it won't be me > doing the installation).
They can install both 0.5.0 and 0.6.2, if they don't mind the additional work and the additional disk space. If you want to decide on one, I would recommend 0.6.2, as it has both less installation problems and fewer bugs, more features, and more speed. > My question is - do you remember any issues with respect to the > version of GCC used? The one they will use is probably 3.2.2 - is there > anything special they need to know, or any particular flags and options > that won't work with it? gcc-2.95.x is the version I recommend for all versions of Gforth (gives best speed). If they want to install 0.5.0 with gcc-2.96 or later on the 386 architecture, they probably need to use --enable-indirect-threaded, and it's probably best to use the whole line CC="gcc -fno-gcse" ./configure --enable-force-reg --enable-indirect-threaded Or they can use the binary package. Such problems and their workarounds are mentioned in http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/forth/gforth/Known-problems.html (Note the absence of known problems with 0.6.2). > If it is not suitable for installing > Gforth0.5.0, which version is (I can ask them to use particular > versions, if needed). I care most about the speed of Gforth-fast on > Linux (they will install it on SUNs and SGIs too, but there it doesn't > matter), so is there any specific advice for getting the best speed there? Use "configure --enable-force-reg" (factor 1.5 or so), gcc-2.95.x (factor 1.2 or so), and gforth-0.6.2 (factor 2). - anton --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
