Re: bug in compiling, with win32

Hi,

the win32 auto-install version you got has been compiled with MSVC++ 
6.0. You can run the interactive top-level (gprolog.exe) and consult 
Prolog files (interpreted mode). To run the command-line compiler 
(gplc.exe) you need nasm, a free x86 assembler 
(http://nasm.sourceforge.net/). However, you also need MSVC++ for the 
link phase (which is not free ;-)).

If you have not MSVC++ you can get the source distribution and compile 
it under cygwin, a unix layer on Win32, (http://www.cygwin.com)

I'm working on a win32 version that can run under MinGW, a pure Win32 
port of gcc (http://www.mingw.org). It will be released soon (in next days).

Good luck

NemboKid will never die (PriviJunior) wrote:
> Hello gentle Gnu staff.
> I'm a student of computer science at university of Milan.
> 
> We have to learn Prolog, so I've installed your Gnu Prolog, version 
> 1.2.16 (with the auto installing setup file), and my computer is a 
> Pentium II with Windows 98.
> I've read nearly all the whole documentation of your wonderful program, 
> but what a frustration I had when I wanted simply compile a prolog file!
> The trace of the prompt Dos is auto-explainant:
> 
> 
> D:\Documenti>gplc -v hook.pl
> 
> Prolog compiler (GNU Prolog) 1.2.16
> By Daniel Diaz
> Copyright (C) 1999-2002 Daniel Diaz
> GNU Prolog comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
> You may redistribute copies of GNU Prolog
> under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
> For more information about these matters, see the files named COPYING.
> 
> Path used: C:\PROGRAMMI\GNU-PROLOG
> 
> *** Compiling
> 
> --- file: hook.pl
> pl2wam -o C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\gplc2.wam hook.pl
> wam2ma -o C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\gplc3.ma C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\gplc2.wam
> delete C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\gplc2.wam
> ma2asm -o C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\gplc4.asm C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\gplc3.ma
> delete C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\gplc3.ma
> nasm -f win32 -o C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\gplc5.obj C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\gplc4.asm
> error trying to execute nasm: No such file or directory
> compilation failed
> deleting temporary files before exit
> delete C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\gplc4.asm
> delete C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\gplc5.obj
> 
> D:\Documenti>
> 
> Practically lacks an exe-file, that should be "nasm.exe" under the 
> "prolog\bin" directory,
> that should compile an Assembly file into an Object file.
> 
> I hope there's an easy way to solve this problem.
> I thank you a lot for a possible reply!
> 
> Daniele Privitera
> Milan-Italy