[m-users.] What language and source file should the Windowsversion compile to?

[galois at nycap.rr.com]

"For example, mmc --make hello should generate an executable file for
you. If it doesn't, then something went wrong."

Yes, that's what happened.

	Thanks, I'll take a look at the configure script (if I can locate
it), and at section 9 of the users guide. If it can't be resolved by
looking there, then I'll copy and paste the output, as well as the
configure script.

	Thanks and regards,

	DC

	-----------------------------------------From: "Zoltan Somogyi" 
To: "galois"
Cc: "Julien Fischer", "users at lists.mercurylang.org"
Sent: Tuesday October 15 2019 10:04:46AM
Subject: Re: [m-users.] What language and source file should the
Windows version compile to?

 On Tue, 15 Oct 2019 13:50:50 +0000, galois at nycap.rr.com wrote:
 > I thought there was a default.

 There is. The default is set by the configure script when Mercury is
installed.

 > The tutorial doesn't mention setting a
 > language, it just gets right into examples, and how to compile on
the
 > command line.

 The tutorial doesn't mention that because it is not necessary at that
point;
 the default should work. For example, mmc --make hello should
generate
 an executable file for you. If it doesn't, then something went wrong.

 And in that case, we need a more detailed bug report than "something
 went wrong". We will need to know, for example, exactly what command
 you are running and what its exact output is. Depending on the
symptoms,
 the output of the configure script executed at install time would
help as well.

 > I'm willing to work with .net. But if there's a choice, I'd prefer
to
 > generate java code, or plain .c. Does the windows version do that,
or
 > is it necessary to run one of the linux versions?

 Yes, you can select many aspects of how your code is compiled,
 including the target language, regardless of the OS. See section 9
 of the users' guide.

 > I'm just trying to work through the tutorial. But the process of
 > generating a runnable module, seems to be more complicated than the
 > tutorial lets on.

 The point of a tutorial is to start simple, and add complexity
gradually.

 Zoltan.

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