On Fri, 2002-09-06 at 02:45, Brent Dax wrote:
> So, building Parrot ought to look something like this (for a Windows
> user):
>
> c:\parrot> cd build
> c:\parrot\build> win32
> Are you using MS VC++? [yn] y
> <compiler crap cut out>
> Miniparrot build complete.
> Enter 'miniparrot build.pbc' to continue
Is there any reasons *not* to continue here? If someone only wants
miniparrot, they should say 'win32 /miniparrot' or whatever.
> c:\parrot\build> miniparrot build.pbc
>
> Parrot version 1.0 Build 1.0
> Copyright (C) 2002 Yet Another Society
Ooh, optimism.
>
> Hello, I'm Build. My job is to poke and prod your system to
> figure out
> how to build Parrot, then build it for you. The process is
> mostly
> automated--after the first couple questions, I can finish on my
> own--unless you've passed the '--ask' command-line flag, in
> which case
> I'll ask you about pretty much everything.
>
> Preparing my internal data structures...done.
> Figuring out what kind of system I'm on...
> Win32? This could be a bit tricky.
> done.
> Probing for C toolkit...
> I've found VC++ and GCC.
> Which of these toolkits should I use? [VC++]
> OK, I'll use the Microsoft tools. Blech.
> done.
> Probing for languages with configuration info...
> You have Perl 5! Sweet!
> Should I take configuration info from it? [y]
> OK, I'll use some info from Perl 5.
> You have Python! Sweet!
> Should I take configuration info from it? [y]
> OK, I'll use some info from Python.
> done.
> Probing for data type sizes...done.
> <etc>
> Okay, I've finished the configuration stuff. I will now start
> building
> Parrot for you.
> <compiler crap cut out>
> Okay, Parrot is built. To test Parrot, type 'miniparrot
> build.pbc test'
Ohhh. and you were doing so well! :-)
"You want I should test it out? [y]"
> at a command prompt; to install it, type 'miniparrot build.pbc
> install'.
"Are you satisfied enough for me to install it now?
Please? Pretty please? [y]"
(Or, in the instance of [n]s, "Okay, you can always (test|install) it
later by running $command.")
Beyond that, I like this glimpse of the future.
--
Bryan C. Warnock
bwarnock@(gtemail.net|raba.com)
