Re: [Tack-devel] Trouble Installing ACK

[Gregory T. (t. K. <gt...@di...>]

Hi Arun,

>I am involved in a project to build a backend for a forth based
>microprocessor. Since I am new to compiler design, my project guide has
>suggested use of ACK as it has a stack based intermediate representation
>EM.

Awesome!  However, if I may suggest, it would be of value to investigate
how difficult it would be to make the microprocessor EM-based instead of
Forth.  Then you skip a step, that of writing  the EM->Forth
assembler/converter (unless one already exists).

BTW, I am a big fan of Forth, so I'm not advocating a EM is better than
Forth position.  It's just that EM can work in hardware, instead of needing
to go through an assembler for a target architecture.

>I am trying to install ACK in my linux system. Here is what I have
>done...

I would recommend using CVS to check out the Ack module.  David Given (the
project head) has done a lot of work making the ACK package more portable.
I can confirm it runs on NetBSD, is close to running on OpenBSD, and David
posted a day or so ago that it runs on OS X now, too.  The new build
process works well and effectively supercedes the 5.6 download
(paraphrasing David's comments and suggestions regarding how much further
time he wishes to spend on the 5.6 download).

http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=26484335&forum_id=45107

As part of the build process you will be installing David's Prime Mover
(pm), his replacement for make.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/primemover

Overall the process will be easier if you go the CVS route.

hope this helps,
tim

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