<html><body>"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 <div class="reply-new-signature"></div>-----------------------------------------From: "Zoltan Somogyi" <zoltan.somogyi@runbox.com> To: "galois" Cc: "Julien Fischer", "users@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@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. </zoltan.somogyi@runbox.com></body></html>