Re: Plan to Update GPC

Scott:

> >I don't understand the difference between p4 and p5. I see p6
> >is under development. If I try it, should I use:
> 
> Pascal-P4 is a Pascal subset. Pascal-P5 is full ISO 7185. Pascal-P6 
> is an extended Pascal. P5 is 1.3, so yes, pascal-p5_1_3.tar.gz.

Ok, thanks!

I got

https://sourceforge.net/projects/pascalp5/files/pascal-p5_1_3.tar.gz/download

There is no mention of macOS in the README.

The README says:

> The full instructions for running and setting up the P5 compiler/interpreter
> have all been incorporated into the document:
> 
> doc/the_p5_compiler.docx
> 
> Which is a Microsoft Word document, 2007 or later. it is also available in the
> formats:
> 
> doc/the_p5_compiler.pdf     Adobe Portable Document Format.
> doc/the_p5_compiler.html    Web page format.
> doc/the_p5_compiler.doc     Word 1997-2003 format.
> 
> Please consult one of these documents for full instructions on how to use P5.

But that's not true.  The doc/ diretory only contains:

The_Programming_Language_Pascal_1973.pdf
basic.docx
iso7185rules.html
the_p5_compiler.docx

The_Programming_Language_Pascal_1973.pdf
is great to have a copy of!

I used libreoffice to convert to pdf:

/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice -env:UserInstallation=file:///tmp/schneidt.lico --headless --convert-to pdf basic.docx

> 2 Beta software warning
> p5 Basic is beta software at this time (version <1).
> It should not be considered reliable for production use.

Oh my.  Looks like your documentation may be out of date.
Is this still beta despite version > 1?

Convert the other docx:

/Applications/LibreOffice.app/Contents/MacOS/soffice -env:UserInstallation=file:///tmp/schneidt.lico --headless --convert-to pdf the_p5_compiler.docx

This one is dated August 29, 2014 and on page 14 it says:

> Is P5 a sueable compiler for real applications?  I would assert that
> it is not.

That's no good!

> ./setpath
> ./configure
> make

% ./setpath
./setpath: Permission denied.

You have the windows setpath.bat but have not set the permissions on 
setpath correctly.
% chmod u+x setpath

egg 320% ./configure
./configure: Command not found.

% chmod a+rx configure
% ls -l configure
-rwxr-xr-x     1 schneidt  admin   6469 Jan  5  2018 configure*
% ./configure
./configure: Command not found.
% 

This is really weird.

Please set it up to work on macOS.

Tom

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