New Amiga support?

[1/7] from: kracik:mbox:dkm:cz at: 3-Aug-2000 9:03

Hi Rebols, I just noticed a new line in experimental releases: Group System-name Hardware Type Tao Elate/intent VP tar.gz There are no releases by now, but does this mean that REBOL will run on the new Amiga? It would certainly be a reason to buy one ;-) -- Michal Kracik

[2/7] from: files:technomages at: 3-Aug-2000 9:42

That is indeed good news. I was wondering about that. Thomas. On 03-Aug-00, you wrote:

[3/7] from: holger:rebol at: 3-Aug-2000 9:44

On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, you wrote:

> Hi Rebols, > > I just noticed a new line in experimental releases: > > Group System-name Hardware Type > Tao Elate/intent VP tar.gz > > There are no releases by now, but does this mean that REBOL will run on > the new Amiga? It would certainly be a reason to buy one ;-)

The first experimental release of REBOL/Core for Tao Elate/intent VP is now available for download. It should work on any TAO Elate platform, but so far has only been tested with the current Amiga SDK. Whether this current version will also work with future SDKs or the new Amiga remains to be seen, but we are hopeful :-) -- Holger Kruse [holger--rebol--com]

[4/7] from: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 3-Aug-2000 18:59

[holger--rebol--com] wrote:

> On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > Hi Rebols,

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> will also work with future SDKs or the new Amiga remains to be seen, but we > are hopeful :-)

So fast you are :-) Well - what's the speed penalty to run interpreted REBOL on hosted environment? :-) -pekr-

[5/7] from: holger:rebol at: 3-Aug-2000 11:07

On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, you wrote:

> So fast you are :-) Well - what's the speed penalty to run interpreted REBOL on > hosted environment? :-)

No idea, sorry. I have not run any detailed benchmarks yet. Tests did not seem significantly slower though. -- Holger Kruse [holger--rebol--com]

[6/7] from: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 4-Aug-2000 18:46

Hello [holger--rebol--com]! On 03-Ago-00, you wrote: h> The first experimental release of REBOL/Core for Tao h> Elate/intent VP is now available for download. It should work h> on any TAO Elate platform, but so far has only been tested h> with the current Amiga SDK. Whether this current version will h> also work with future SDKs or the new Amiga remains to be h> seen, but we are hopeful :-) It seems to work quite well here. The console hangs when pressing the "Home" key (and other special keys too I assume), I'll check later if this is related to REBOL only. Some statistics: the VP code for REBOL is about 240k (the linux version is a bit smaller, about 230k); the translation to native code takes 0.63 seconds and produces a binary of about 350k (I don't recall the exact size...). It is a bit slower than the linux version: a script I wrote (Quine-McCluskey reduction algorithm, fed with 128 minterms) takes 129 s on Elate and 104 s on linux. So the translator seems to be fast but not really accurate. Regards, Gabriele. -- Gabriele Santilli <[giesse--writeme--com]> - Amigan - REBOL programmer Amiga Group Italia sez. L'Aquila -- http://www.amyresource.it/AGI/

[7/7] from: alex:pini:mclink:it at: 8-Aug-2000 19:54

>- Open Your Mind -<

Quoting from [holger--rebol--com's] message (03-Aug-00 20:07:23). h>> So fast you are :-) Well - what's the speed penalty to run interpreted REBOL on h>> hosted environment? :-) h> h> No idea, sorry. I have not run any detailed benchmarks yet. Tests did not seem h> significantly slower though. Fine, just think of the speed on native environment! :-9 Alessandro Pini ([alex--pini--mclink--it]) If you see this blue, you're going too fast! (red sticker behind an astronomer's car)

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