https://github.com/iocane/unbox

GPL licensed J interpreter
https://github.com/iocane/unbox

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GPL licensed J interpreter

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/iocane/unbox
• Owner: iocane
• License: other
• Created: 2016-01-16T04:35:21.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2016-06-20T20:13:09.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-06T04:13:16.684Z (3 months ago)
• Language: C
• Size: 941 KB
• Stars: 38
• Watchers: 11
• Forks: 7
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: license.txt

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Unbox

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Introduction

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Unbox is a GPLv3 licensed version of the J programming language interpreter derived from the initial J Software source release. The goals of this project are to provide bug fixes in the short term and language enhancements and new features in the long term. Although this is intended to be used as a drop in replacement for the J shared library the behavior of the interpreter and the definition of the language itself will likely diverge from the official J Software version over time.

Building

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### Prerequisites

1. Unbox uses the tup build system. [Install tup for your platform](http://gittup.org/tup/index.html).

2. Clone the repository

3. Edit tup.config

   + `CONFIG_RELEASE`: toggle the optimizations / debugging information

   + `CONFIG_TEST`: toggle whether or not to run the test script suite after a successful build

   + `CONFIG_CLANG`: y to use clang instead of gcc on Linux

   + `CONFIG_X86_64`: toggle 64/32 bit build

   + `CONFIG_READLINE`: toggle readline support for jconsole on Linux

### Linux

_The build scripts assume you are using a 64 bit compiler even if targeting a 32 bit architecture. Using a 32 bit version of gcc, e.g., will require some changes to the build scripts._

1. Make sure tup is in your PATH

2. Type `tup` in the working directory

### Windows (Visual Studio 2013 Community)

_The build scripts only target 64 bit Windows builds at the moment._

1. Make sure tup is in your PATH

2. Open Visual Studio Tools (from the start menu, not Visual Studio)

3. From the Visual Studio Tools folder, run the "64 bit native" command prompt

4. Change to the Unbox source directory and type `tup`

### Mac

I do not have access to a Mac and have not tried building this yet. If you are a Mac user, please test and report your results and I will update this section.

Tests

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To run the test suite set the `CONFIG_TEST=y` in tup.config and rerun tup.

If a test fails run `bin/jconsole -debug test/` to see where the failure is occuring.

Contributing

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The preferred ways to contribute code are:

1. Send me a patch and I will review it and apply it to the develop branch

2. Make a new branch off of `develop`, e.g., `myfeature`, and make your changes

   in that branch. When you are done with your changes create a pull request on

   Github and I will pull, test/edit and then merge into develop.