[Chicken-users] eliminate the Chicken Windows binary distribution?

2006-11-06 Thread Brandon J. Van Every
The installation path of the current Chicken Windows binary distribution is hardwired to C:\Program Files\Chicken . This can't really be changed. Chicken currently determines all installation paths at compile time, there is no runtime capability for this. Ordinarily, people compile Chicken u

Re: [Chicken-users] eliminate the Chicken Windows binary distribution?

2006-11-06 Thread Daishi Kato
Hi, I guess it's still useful to keep the Windows binary distribution, even if the installation path is fixed. Obviously, it should be noted that the distribution is not intended to be real use, but just to try Chicken to see how useful it is. In that sense, the Windows binary distribution does n

Re: [Chicken-users] eliminate the Chicken Windows binary distribution?

2006-11-06 Thread Brandon J. Van Every
Daishi Kato wrote: Hi, I guess it's still useful to keep the Windows binary distribution, even if the installation path is fixed. Obviously, it should be noted that the distribution is not intended to be real use, but just to try Chicken to see how useful it is. In that sense, the Windows binary

Re: [Chicken-users] eliminate the Chicken Windows binary distribution?

2006-11-06 Thread Daishi Kato
I see your point. BTW, the Linux binary distribution also seems good to me. I think there are many people who do not compile source code, but are interested in Chicken. --daishi On 11/7/06, Brandon J. Van Every <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Daishi Kato wrote: > Hi, > > I guess it's still useful t

Re: [Chicken-users] eliminate the Chicken Windows binary distribution?

2006-11-07 Thread John Cowan
Daishi Kato scripsit: > BTW, the Linux binary distribution also seems good to me. > I think there are many people who do not compile source code, > but are interested in Chicken. As a pure interpreter, you mean? If you don't compile code, the Chicken compiler (which is Chicken's main selling poi

Re: [Chicken-users] eliminate the Chicken Windows binary distribution?

2006-11-07 Thread Daishi Kato
On 11/7/06, John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Daishi Kato scripsit: > BTW, the Linux binary distribution also seems good to me. > I think there are many people who do not compile source code, > but are interested in Chicken. As a pure interpreter, you mean? If you don't compile code, the C

Re: [Chicken-users] eliminate the Chicken Windows binary distribution?

2006-11-07 Thread John Cowan
Daishi Kato scripsit: > Someone used to (still?) provide a debian package, which was my first > access to Chicken as a interpreter as well as a compiler. Yes, I pointed this out on the chicken-hackers list. > People usually won't compile "gcc", will they? No (unless they need a feature that is