1. RE: Euphoria and Linux PS2
- Posted by Bernie Ryan <xotron at bluefrognet.net> Aug 25, 2003
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Greg: I think that you will find that the playstation2 uses a RISC CPU processor and I don't think that you would be able to even get or afford to purchase a compiler for the PS2 cpu. Then you would have to write I/O code, etc... Euphoria code is written for the INTEL CPUs. So the simple answer is that you would not be able to run Euphoria on the PS2. Bernie
2. RE: Euphoria and Linux PS2
- Posted by jxliv7 at hotmail.com Aug 25, 2003
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> Bernie Ryan wrote: > > Euphoria code is written for the INTEL CPUs. > Arggghhhh... no, no, no... ever hear of AMD? or Cyrix? those are cheaper and many think in the case of AMD a better alternative. they may be Intel compatible, but they can also do more (check out AMD.com). they are hardly incompatible with Euphoria. in fact, with the AMD 64 bit Opteron Intel is being put to shame, it's too bad RDS doesn't want to jump in and offer a 64 bit version of Euphoria... zealously for the underdog, -- jon
3. RE: Euphoria and Linux PS2
- Posted by Bernie Ryan <xotron at bluefrognet.net> Aug 25, 2003
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Jon Don't take things out of context and confuse the answer to the question that was asked. AMD's are INTEL compatible chips. Bernie
4. RE: Euphoria and Linux PS2
- Posted by Matt Lewis <matthewwalkerlewis at yahoo.com> Aug 25, 2003
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Bernie Ryan wrote: > > > Greg: > I think that you will find that the playstation2 uses > a RISC CPU processor and I don't think that you would be able to > even get or afford to purchase a compiler for the PS2 cpu. Then you > would have to write I/O code, etc... > > Euphoria code is written for the INTEL CPUs. > > So the simple answer is that you would not be able to run Euphoria > on the PS2. Don't be so quick. Andy Cranston ported Eupohoria to HP-UX. Not sure what processor he was on, but I don't think you can get HP-UX on an Intel-Pentium compatible processor. He also mentioned that he thought he could get it to work under Solaris, which is definitely *not* Intel. Now someone else is porting to a handheld running its own proprietary stuff. Matt Lewis
5. RE: Euphoria and Linux PS2
- Posted by jxliv7 at hotmail.com Aug 25, 2003
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> Bernie Ryan wrote: > > Jon > > Don't take things out of context and confuse the answer to the > question that was asked. > > AMD's are INTEL compatible chips. > > Bernie > if you go to the AMD site, or the Via site (which i think took over the Cyrix), you will find that AMD has added a number of commands at the ASM level which, while continuing their 'compatibility' with Intel, also put additional operations and refinement into their CPUs. look under compilers. right now, there are NO chips, including Intel, that are really compatible with the original x86 code. each has refined their product while maintaining backward compatibility. the real question, whether or not Euphoria (for Linux/BSD/etc) could be ported to another processor, can't be answered until somebody tries... contextually correct, -- jon
6. RE: Euphoria and Linux PS2
- Posted by jxliv7 at hotmail.com Aug 25, 2003
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> Matt Lewis wrote: > <porting examples ... snip> true, Matt. i think the definitive answers can be found on slashdot, where i read regularly about somebody porting Linux (and by inference, possibly Euphoria) to some PDA, game box, or unusual (8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit) CPU. ever appreciative of the possibilities, -- jon
7. RE: Euphoria and Linux PS2
- Posted by Martin Stachon <martin.stachon at worldonline.cz> Aug 26, 2003
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Matt Lewis wrote: > > > Bernie Ryan wrote: > > > > > > Greg: > > I think that you will find that the playstation2 uses > > a RISC CPU processor and I don't think that you would be able to > > even get or afford to purchase a compiler for the PS2 cpu. Then you > > would have to write I/O code, etc... > > > > Euphoria code is written for the INTEL CPUs. > > > > So the simple answer is that you would not be able to run Euphoria > > on the PS2. There's a Linux distro for PS2 so it would be just a matter of recompiling the source with different -march GCC flag. Rob C once said Eu uses only few machine code tricks which could be bypassed so I guess Eu should be compiled on any platform which has a port of GCC (many architectures!) > Don't be so quick. Andy Cranston ported Eupohoria to HP-UX. Not sure > what processor he was on, but I don't think you can get HP-UX on an > Intel-Pentium compatible processor. He also mentioned that he thought > he could get it to work under Solaris, which is definitely *not* Intel. > > Now someone else is porting to a handheld running its own proprietary > stuff. btw I've got Solaris 7 for Intel in my shelf. Never tried it, though. Also FreeBSD and some Linuces. How about start to collect Unices Martin