Dear Bob,
the source tarballs are not updated. Pretty soon (as in really pretty
soon, I'd guess next week), there will be a new version 1.2.1 which
includes quite a large number of fixes (in particular for Windows) but
is otherwise fully compatible and conservative. A current snapshot is
already available on ftp.mozart-oz.org, and I believe that the src
tarball is already the final one.
As to the C++ compiler on Windows: You need to have a full Cygwin
environment. This environment includes the appropriate versioned gcc.
Microsoft VC++ will _not_ work right now: it miscompiles some template
code in Mozart (so a VC bug). I know how to hack-around it but gave it
low priority as VC++ is a bad match for Mozart anyway. That it is a bad
match has to do with the fact that the core loop of the abstract machine
(think of some thousand lines of code here) which greatly influences
Mozart's speed takes big advantage of features only available in gcc
(first-class labels).
I don't know about Borland's bcc though.
Christian
Bob Calco schrieb:
>
> Leif:
>
> I downloaded and reinstalled Mozart 1.2.0 (20010615) and all seems to work
> as expected now (<big smile>). Are the source tarballs also updated with the
> fix? I intend to attempt a rebuild on my machine at some point as part of my
> first steps toward working on Win32 extensions for Mozart. Which compilers
> can I use on Win32 to do a build? (I assume VC++ and some version of gcc,
> but the question is which version of which compilers can (should) I use, and
> would there be any problems if I tested other compilers (like Borland's BCC
> compiler)?)?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Bob Calco
>
> > My colleague Christian just pointed out to me that we have
> > had a fixed Mozart 1.2.0 release for Windows on our website
> > Windows since June 20th (see the announcement attached below).
> > Please make sure which version it is you are running, and
> > report back to us if the fixed version does not work for you.
> >
> > Thanks -
> > Leif.
> >
> >
> > *** We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this announcement ***
> >
> > Mozart for Windows 120 fixed version
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > A few days after the release of Mozart-1.2.0, service pack 2 for Windows
> > 2000 started shipping. This upgrade for W2K breaks Mozart on Windows
> > 2000. After analysis we have come up with a fix for this particular
> > problem. The fixed version is available for download from the Mozart
> > pages.
> >
> > http://www.mozart-oz.org
> > -
>
> -
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