Hi I've tried following the instructions for building IO on Windows but it failed to compile. If anyone is interested I'd be happy to post the error later (I'm...
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Jeremy Tregunna
jeremy.tregunna@...
Jun 4, 2010 11:01 am
Try checking out my repository on github, http://github.com/jeremytregunna/io You will need CMake installed, simply follow the instructions in the readme file,...
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portlyshortly999
portlyshortl...
Jun 4, 2010 11:11 am
Thanks Jeremy I'll give it a go this evening when I get home - fingers crossed it will work :-). Portly....
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Jeremy Tregunna
jeremy.tregunna@...
Jun 4, 2010 11:17 am
... I'm available to help you through any problems with that build system on the list, or potentially on IRC (irc.freenode.net in #io) if you hang around, I'm...
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portlyshortly999
portlyshortl...
Jun 4, 2010 5:56 pm
Hi Jeremy followed your instructions but when I get to the make install step I get the following error: Makefile:28 *** missing seperator. Stop. I'm very very...
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portlyshortly999
portlyshortl...
Jun 4, 2010 7:23 pm
Hi does anybody have binaries for Windows. I've tried to compile on Windows 7 (with much help from Jeremy) but with no success. I'm really keen to try out io...
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Jeremy Tregunna
jeremy.tregunna@...
Jun 4, 2010 7:30 pm
Just for clarification, the problem exists in how fibres are being used in the Coroutine library. I do not have access to an MS toolchain, or knowledge about...
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Kevin Edwards
edwakev
Jun 4, 2010 8:24 pm
I'm not setup to debug it, but I took a quick look. One thought is that strict C might require declarations to be prior to any code. i.e.: in Coro.c: void...
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portlyshortly999
portlyshortl...
Jun 4, 2010 9:03 pm
Hi Kevin did as you suggested and got further but now have an error which I think is something to do with ssize_t: ...
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Andreas Schipplock
schipplock
Jun 4, 2010 9:39 pm
If you just want to get your hands dirty on Io, setup virtualbox, install ubuntu there (or any other distribution you are familiar with) and compile Io...the...
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Kevin Edwards
edwakev
Jun 4, 2010 10:16 pm
ssize_t might not be defined. Try changing it to SSIZE_T (all caps). If that works, you can put a "typedef SSIZE_T ssize_t;" somewhere. Actually, that ssize_t...
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portlyshortly999
portlyshortl...
Jun 4, 2010 10:17 pm
Hi Andreas thank you for the suggestion - I think I might end up doing just that - it is a shame that IO is not easier to install (on Windows) as I'm sure more...
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Jeremy Tregunna
jeremy.tregunna@...
Jun 4, 2010 11:18 pm
... It's hard to maintain support for a platform none of your active current contributors will help maintain over a long period of time. Support comes and it...
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portlyshortly999
portlyshortl...
Jun 5, 2010 8:06 am
Hi Jeremy absolutely understand the problem with maintaining the software. My C knowledge is very limited really but I'll do some digging around to see if I...
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dennisf486
Jun 5, 2010 8:58 am
@Long term support for Windows builds: This may soon change for the better as I'm basing my company's (DropEcho Studio's) game engine scripting on Io. So...
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dennisf486
Jun 5, 2010 9:04 am
Oops, when I was compiling for MinGW I just assumed ssize_t was a typo (honestly I think it IS a typo because that function's "sister functions" use size_t,...
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Jeremy Tregunna
jeremy.tregunna@...
Jun 5, 2010 10:02 am
... Well, the build system I wrote using CMake works under Windows, this much I have established. The problem is in other parts of the system (read: the...
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Jeremy Tregunna
jeremy.tregunna@...
Jun 5, 2010 10:03 am
... size_t is not ssize_t, and they both do exist. ssize_t is signed, size_t is unsigned. Regards, Jeremy Tregunna...
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Mike Austin
mike_ekim
Jun 6, 2010 6:32 am
I've always been a fan of Io, so Steve, please don't take these comments personally. :) But, every time I come back to check it out again, there are the same...
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James Mills
prologic@...
Jun 6, 2010 7:33 am
... I concur with all these points. (I'm a new user of a few weeks myself). Also, please don't take any comments personally. If I may add my 2c, here are some...
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Jeremy Tregunna
jeremy.tregunna@...
Jun 6, 2010 12:28 pm
... What about if() ? That's been there for as long as I've been using Io (approx September 2003). ... They are addons. Regards, Jeremy Tregunna...
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James Mills
prologic@...
Jun 6, 2010 12:59 pm
... if() is perfectly fine. But like I've said before the else() and elseif() aren't really nedded where if(message, true-message, false-message) already...
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Jeremy Tregunna
jeremy.tregunna@...
Jun 6, 2010 4:43 pm
... Not sure I understand; you don't have to supply else/elseif. ... Check, Regex is in addons/ and Vector is part of Box iirc. Regards, Jeremy Tregunna...
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Mike Austin
mike_ekim
Jun 6, 2010 6:04 pm
... This sounds perfect, and are minor changes. ... Agreed, if if(), elseif(), and else() and the shortened non-syntactic sugar if(a, b) feel like they fit in...
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Jeremy Tregunna
jeremy.tregunna@...
Jun 6, 2010 7:25 pm
... Actually I'd argue the other way around. Io is a message passing language first and foremost, emphasis on procedural programming doesn't exist, we...
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Steve Dekorte
stevedekorte
Jun 6, 2010 7:56 pm
... Done - thanks for the suggestions....
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James Mills
prologic@...
Jun 6, 2010 10:29 pm
... I'm only merely saying we only need one (call it syntactic sugar if you like): if() ... Yes you are quite right. Sorry. cheers James...
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James Mills
prologic@...
Jun 6, 2010 10:36 pm
... I'd opt to get rid of the then() and else() syntax (if you can call it that) too. Why ? Because it isn't really "fitting". Not that I have much experience ...
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James Mills
prologic@...
Jun 6, 2010 10:39 pm
... You're amazing :)...
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Rich Collins
richwcollins
Jun 6, 2010 11:01 pm
Long chains of if / else are more readable using the else/then messages...
