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     I SHALL NOT ACCEPT ANY BUG REPORT FROM USERS THAT HAVE BUILD RPL/2 WITH      I SHALL NOT ACCEPT ANY BUG REPORT FROM USERS THAT HAVE BUILD RPL/2 WITH
     LESSTIF LIBRAIRIES SINCE OPENMOTIF IS AVAILABLE.      LESSTIF LIBRAIRIES SINCE OPENMOTIF IS AVAILABLE.
   
       DO NOT USE 'make install-strip' THAT BREAKS RPL/2.
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     RPL/2 signifies Reverse Polish Lisp/2. This language is obvious derivated      RPL/2 signifies Reverse Polish Lisp/2. This language is obvious derivated
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 this language is a half-compiled high level language which can perform  this language is a half-compiled high level language which can perform
 symbolic and scientific computations.  symbolic and scientific computations.
   
   
     * RPL/2 requires :
       - nawk or gawk;
       - libtool 1.5 or newer. To build RPL/2 on Mac OSX, you should have to
       add libtool m4 path in tools/file-*/configure.ac and
       tools/file-*/Makefile.am;
       - gcc-4.4 or newer;
       - g++-4.4 or newer;
       - gfortran-4.4 or newer.
   
       RPL/2 build process invoques automake and autoconf.
   
     * OpenSSL issue :
   
       OpenSSL does not use any configure script. If build process aborts on
   error related to OpenSSL, you shall try to build OpenSSL before running
   'make'. On some system, OpenSSL configure script is unable to set compiler
   flags.
   
   * RPL/2 is known to run on :    * RPL/2 is known to run on :
   
     - Linux (kernel 2.6.12 and above) on i386, amd64, ppc32, sparc32,      - Linux (kernel 2.6.26 and above). Test distribution is Debian.
         sparc64, alpha. Test distribution is Debian. Warning, you have to      - Solaris 8 and above.
         use NPTL, not LinuxThreads due to a bug in sem_post() that is not  
         async safe.  
     - Solaris 9 and above on i386, amd64, sparc32 (only Solaris 9) and sparc64.  
         It can be built out of the box on Solaris in a 32bits userland. For a          It can be built out of the box on Solaris in a 32bits userland. For a
         64bits executable, you have to modify some generated makefiles or          64bits executable, you have to modify some generated makefiles or
         specify some options. See 64bits on Solaris.          specify some options. See 64bits on Solaris.
     - FreeBSD 7.x on i386. I have installed a FreeBSD 7.0, upgraded to 7.2      - FreeBSD 7.x. I have installed a FreeBSD 7.0, upgraded to 7.2
          and RPL/2 ran without any trouble. RPL/2 does not run on FreeBSD 8.0          and RPL/2 ran without any trouble. RPL/2 does not run on early
         because sig_into_t struct is not filled. Someone has reported that          FreeBSD 8.0 because sig_info_t struct is not filled. This bug is now
         FreeBSD 7.2 did not filled this struct too...          fixed. Someone has reported that FreeBSD 7.2 did not filled this
     - NetBSD 4.0 and above on sparc32 with a restriction. NetBSD's sigpending          struct too...
         is broken and it is impossible to use DETACH intrinsic. Bug report      - NetBSD 5.0 and above.
         has been done and this bug should be fixed in next NetBSD release.      - OpenBSD 4.8 and above.
         Sigpending has been fixed in NetBSD 5.0 and RPL/2 runs fine.      - Windows with Cygwin (>= 1.7.5).
       - OS/2 and eComStation with EMX (>= 0.9d). You probably have to
           recreate configure script and makefiles with autoreconf.
       - Mac OS X.
   
   * RPL/2 should run on :    * RPL/2 should run on :
   
       - AIX
     - HP-UX (10.20 and above), but not tested for a long time.      - HP-UX (10.20 and above), but not tested for a long time.
     - Linux (2.6.12 and above) on ppc64 and other hardware (arm, hppa...) or      - NetBSD 4.0 and above with restriction due to sigpending bug.
         with other distributions than Debian.  
     - FreeBSD 7.0 and above on other architecture than i386. Please not  
         that I cannot reproduce sig_info_t bug and I do not have more  
         information.  
     - NetBSD 4.0 and above on other architecture than sparc32 with restriction  
         due to sigpending bug.  
     - Mac OS X.  
   
     Any information about RPL/2 on these last operating systems are welcome.      Any information about RPL/2 on these last operating systems are welcome.
   
   * RPL/2 is not supported on :    * RPL/2 is not supported on :
   
     - OpenBSD due to a major bug in sigaltstack syscall when a program is  
         linked with -lthread. As this bug comes from OpenBSD libraries,  
         OpenBSD port has to wait for a fixed sigaltstack.  
     - OpenVMS (work in progress) on Alpha and Integrity due to some bugs in GNV.      - OpenVMS (work in progress) on Alpha and Integrity due to some bugs in GNV.
         RPL/2 never works on OpenVMS VAX because GNV is too old on this          RPL/2 never works on OpenVMS VAX because GNV is too old on this
         architecture.          architecture.
     - Hurd.      - Hurd because sig_info_t is not filled.
   
   * RPL/2 shall never be supported on :    * RPL/2 shall never be supported on :
   
     - Cygwin due to some troubles between Cygwin Posix subsystem and Windows.      - Windows (all versions) without Cygwin.
         You can try, but I shall never support Cygwin. If someone proposes  
         patches to build RPL/2 on Cygwin, I won't modify official RPL/2 source  
         tree, but only propose these patches against official tarball.  
     - Windows (all versions).  
     - OS/2 and eComStation.  
     - Mac OS preX.      - Mac OS preX.
   
     Tools directory contains some libraries that are normally provided by      Tools directory contains some libraries that are normally provided by
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     several systems, some Posix libraries have strange 'features'...      several systems, some Posix libraries have strange 'features'...
   
     On all systems, you must install GNU make and you should install      On all systems, you must install GNU make and you should install
     gcc/g++/gfortran (minimal release : 4.0.0). It is possible to build      gcc/g++/gfortran (minimal release : 4.2.0). It is possible to build
     RPL/2 with some other compilers (for example cc and f95 from SunStudio,      RPL/2 with some other compilers (for example cc and f95 from SunStudio,
     or cc and f95 from Digital^WCompaq^WHP) but I do not test all potential      or cc and f95 from Digital^WCompaq^WHP) but I do not test all potential
     combinaisons.      combinaisons.
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