Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 05:24:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Cc: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com>, "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@nwlink.com>, cjclark@alum.mit.edu, chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Language for Modeling Mechanical System Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007270522590.94191-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20000727174955.A8139@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
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On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:
> > There's a good chance it will run under FreeBSD OSF/1ulator :-)
>
> I don't know about that: linux alpha binaries don't normally seem to
> run on OSF/1. Perhaps static binaries of Fortran code will, but I
> doubt the Fortran compiler itself will. (The C binaries use the GNU C
> library, even if compiled with the Compaq compiler.) And I don't
> think the OSF/1 (Tru64) Fortran compiler is freely downloadable. Does
> FreeBSD/alpha have a linuxulator? If so, that may be a better route.
Nope, although the FreeBSD OSF/1ulator is advanced enough to run the OSF/1
(dynamic) netscape binary. I'm sure problem reports with other apps would
be welcomed.
Kris
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