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Slava Pestov 2009-05-05 12:35:27 -05:00
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@ -20,25 +20,17 @@ implementation. It is not an introduction to the language itself.
* Compiling the Factor VM
The Factor runtime is written in GNU C++, and is built with GNU make and
gcc.
Factor supports various platforms. For an up-to-date list, see
<http://factorcode.org>.
Factor requires gcc 3.4 or later.
On x86, Factor /will not/ build using gcc 3.3 or earlier.
If you are using gcc 4.3, you might get an unusable Factor binary unless
you add 'SITE_CFLAGS=-fno-forward-propagate' to the command-line
arguments for make.
The Factor VM is written in C++ and uses the GNU and TR1 extensions.
As a result, it requires GCC 4.x to compile.
Run 'make' ('gmake' on *BSD) with no parameters to build the Factor VM.
* Bootstrapping the Factor image
Once you have compiled the Factor runtime, you must bootstrap the Factor
Once you have compiled the Factor VM, you must bootstrap the Factor
system using the image that corresponds to your CPU architecture.
Boot images can be obtained from <http://factorcode.org/images/latest/>.
@ -97,7 +89,7 @@ When compiling Factor, pass the X11=1 parameter:
Then bootstrap with the following switches:
./factor -i=boot.<cpu>.image -ui-backend=x11 -ui-text-backend=pango
./factor -i=boot.<cpu>.image -ui-backend=x11
Now if $DISPLAY is set, running ./factor will start the UI.
@ -138,7 +130,7 @@ usage documentation, enter the following in the UI listener:
The Factor source tree is organized as follows:
build-support/ - scripts used for compiling Factor
vm/ - sources for the Factor VM, written in C++
vm/ - Factor VM
core/ - Factor core library
basis/ - Factor basis library, compiler, tools
extra/ - more libraries and applications