Can't run gpc_970714 :-(_(re)

Mon, 25 Aug 1997 15:22:43 +0200 (MEST)

According to Ken Linder:
> 
> I am not too sure if I am experiencing brain damage or what...  Since I
> downloaded the binary Linux GPC file gpc-970714_i586-linux.tar and unzipped
> it, I have not been able to compile ANY pascal code.:-(  
> 
> OS: Linux 2.0.27
> GCC: 2.7.2.1

That sounds rather strange.  As you can imagine, this very same compiler
worked fine here.

> What I get when I try to compile and pascal source...
> /tmp/cca00363.i:1: numeric constant with no digits
> /tmp/cca00363.i:1: numeric constant with no digits
> /tmp/cca00363.i:1: invalid #line
> etc... etc... etc...

Looks like a problem with the preprocessor.  Can you please retry with

    gpc -v  foo.pas -o foo
        ^^
and post the result here?

> This wouldn't be because I am using 486 hardware would it?

I cannot imagine that.  GCC and GPC don't have true Pentium optimization
(yet;). AFAIK, the code is essentially optimized for the i486 with a few
optimizations switched off that would reduce performance on a Pentium
(not sure about that).

Later,

    Peter

 Dipl.-Phys. Peter Gerwinski, Essen, Germany, free physicist and programmer
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Peter Gerwinski (peter@agnes.dida.physik.uni-essen.de)