[Slackbuilds-users] X11Basic - testers required if you please

Nick Warne nick at linicks.net
Fri Mar 14 16:25:21 UTC 2014


Thanks Guys,

I have replied off-list to those interested.

Any more, please mail me direct.

Nick

On 14/03/14 16:12, Michael Hobgood wrote:
> Sure, either mail a copy or point to a URL.
>
> Coordially,
> Mike H.
>
> On 3/13/14, Duncan Roe <duncan_roe at acslink.net.au> wrote:
>> Sure - send me a copy (or URL)
>>
>> Cheers ... Duncan.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 10:25:34PM +0000, Nick Warne wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Bare with me:
>>>
>>> If you are old enough and remember the Atari ST there was a great
>>> programming language called 'GFA Basic' (I coded my own word processor
>>> and
>>> file manager [amongst other things] in it many years ago).
>>>
>>> First of, it was a BASIC type, but it was so powerful you could do almost
>>> anything as fast as today's C type languages.
>>>
>>> Anyway, following on from this thread in a crossword forum I frequent:
>>>
>>> http://www.boards2go.com/boards/board.cgi?action=read&id=1394535442.74065&user=dharrison
>>>
>>> I wondered about GFA basic - a search reveals:
>>>
>>> http://x11-basic.sourceforge.net/
>>>
>>> It takes a bit of sussing out how to build on Slack 14.1, and I am
>>> looking
>>> to do a build for the community.
>>>
>>> But first I need to find out a few things.
>>>
>>> I knocked up a quick X11Basic program that finds factors of numbers
>>> (attached factors.bas [text file]) and also the interim converted file to
>>> compile as a native ELF binary that can be compiled with GCC (attached,
>>> factors.c [text file BYTECODE text]).
>>>
>>> X11Basic also has a tool that can build this as a static binary, so you
>>> shouldn't need X11Basic at all.
>>>
>>> Here is my request.
>>>
>>> Can anybody here be willing to test the static binary so I know it does
>>> work?  I can't ask anybody else, as I don't know anybody else that runs
>>> GNU/Linux except on the Internet...
>>>
>>> If you do, I can mail it [factors_static.gz 463K ~ gunzipped 1.1M].
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Nick
>>> --
>>> "A bug in the code is worth two in the documentation."
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>>
>>> 'double Ctrl+C to exit
>>> cls
>>> again:
>>> c=1
>>> print "Input a number to factorize"
>>> input f
>>> for a = 1 to sqr(f)
>>> if floor(f/a)=(f/a)
>>> print c*2;":";a;"x";(f/a)
>>> inc c
>>> endif
>>> next a
>>> if c=2
>>> print f;" is a prime"
>>> endif
>>> goto again
>>
>>> /* X11-Basic-Compiler Version 1.22
>>>    (c) Markus Hoffmann 2002-2014
>>>
>>>
>>> Bytecode: factors.b (352 Bytes)
>>>
>>> txt:    $00000028 108
>>> rodata: $00000094 76
>>> sdata:  $000000e0 0
>>> data:   $000000e0 0
>>> bss:    $000000e0 24
>>> str:    $000000e0 32
>>> sym:    $00000100 96
>>> Strings: compiled by xbbc
>>>
>>> 8 symbols:
>>> 			*/
>>> #include <x11basic/xb2csol.h>
>>>
>>> /* Data section compiled by xb2c. */
>>>
>>>
>>> /* Function prototypes */
>>>
>>> /* Variables */
>>> double VARf_C; 	/* typ=0x2, subtyp=0x0; vnr=0 sym=3 $0000: */
>>> double VARf_A; 	/* typ=0x2, subtyp=0x0; vnr=1 sym=4 $0008: */
>>> double VARf_F; 	/* typ=0x2, subtyp=0x0; vnr=2 sym=5 $0010: */
>>>
>>> main(int anzahl, char *argumente[]) {
>>>   MAIN_INIT;
>>>   databufferlen=0;
>>>   add_variable("C",0x2,0,V_STATIC,(char *)&VARf_C); 	/*0 $00: */
>>>   add_variable("A",0x2,0,V_STATIC,(char *)&VARf_A); 	/*1 $08: */
>>>   add_variable("F",0x2,0,V_STATIC,(char *)&VARf_F); 	/*2 $10: */
>>> /* 00 */    PUSHCOMM(32,0); /* CLS */
>>> /* 03 */LBL_3:  PUSH1;
>>> /* 04 */    X2F;
>>> /* 05 */    ZUWEIS(0); /* C */
>>> /* 08 */    PUSHX("\"Input a number to factorize\""); /*len=29*/
>>> /* 0e */    PUSHCOMM(148,1); /* PRINT */
>>> /* 11 */    PUSHX("F"); /*len=1*/
>>> /* 17 */    PUSHCOMM(95,1); /* INPUT */
>>> /* 1a */    PUSH1;
>>> /* 1b */    ZUWEIS(1); /* A */
>>> /* 1e */LBL_1e:  PUSHV(2); /* F */
>>> /* 21 */    PUSHV(1); /* A */
>>> /* 24 */    DIV;
>>> /* 25 */    PFUNC_FLOOR; /* FLOOR() */
>>> /* 28 */    PUSHV(2); /* F */
>>> /* 2b */    PUSHV(1); /* A */
>>> /* 2e */    DIV;
>>> /* 2f */    EQUAL;
>>> /* 30 */    JUMPIFZERO LBL_44;	/* JEQ(0x44); */
>>> /* 35 */    PUSHX("C*2;\":\";A;\"x\";(F/A)"); /*len=19*/
>>> /* 3b */    PUSHCOMM(148,1); /* PRINT */
>>> /* 3e */    PUSHVV(0); /* C */
>>> /* 41 */    COMM_INC; /* 93 1 INC */
>>> /* 44 */LBL_44:  PUSH1;
>>> /* 45 */    PUSHV(1); /* A */
>>> /* 48 */    ADD;
>>> /* 49 */    DUP;
>>> /* 4a */    ZUWEIS(1); /* A */
>>> /* 4d */    PUSHV(2); /* F */
>>> /* 50 */    PFUNC_SQR; /* SQR() */
>>> /* 53 */    GREATER;
>>> /* 54 */    JUMPIFZERO LBL_1e;	/* BEQ_s(-56); */
>>> /* 56 */    PUSHV(0); /* C */
>>> /* 59 */    PUSH2;
>>> /* 5a */    EQUAL;
>>> /* 5b */    JUMPIFZERO LBL_69;	/* JEQ(0x69); */
>>> /* 60 */    PUSHX("F;\" is a prime\""); /*len=15*/
>>> /* 66 */    PUSHCOMM(148,1); /* PRINT */
>>> /* 69 */LBL_69:  goto LBL_3;	/* BRA_s(-104); */
>>> }
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