OpenEuphoria

Re: Compiler status

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET> Jul 07, 2000
• 591 views

Kat writes:
> Ummm,, does this mean many different
> "translator-compiler" packages, one for each
> possible C compiler, or will Eu be smart enough to
> know/ask which compiler to target?

On Linux there will be one Euphoria compiler and one
runtime library file (eruntime.lib). No problem there.

On DOS and Windows, there will be more than
one C compiler supported. There will be
a single Euphoria to C compiler, that runs on (32-bit) DOS,
that is capable of generating C code for any of the
supported DOS or Windows C compilers, as well as
generating a .bat file for doing the C compiles and the
link with eruntime.lib. It would somehow "know" which
C compiler you were using, maybe with an environment
variable.

However, there will have to be a different version
of eruntime.lib for each supported C compiler.
You would download a Euphoria to C compiler to run on
either Linux, or DOS/Windows. Then you'd download
the version of eruntime.lib that's needed by your
specific brand of C compiler. You'd place the compiler
and eruntime.lib in euphoria\bin.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com