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Liang

2006-01-25, 7:15 pm

Hi,

I'm a new comer to tcl world.

May I know if it's possible to port tcl interpreter onto an embedded system?
so that I can run some test cases on that system.

If possible, is there any reference/guideline for the porting work?

And how much memory, stack, heap, and program is needed to run such an
interpreter and tcl scripts?

Thanks in advance,
Liang


David N. Welton

2006-01-25, 7:15 pm

Liang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a new comer to tcl world.
>
> May I know if it's possible to port tcl interpreter onto an embedded system?
> so that I can run some test cases on that system.
>
> If possible, is there any reference/guideline for the porting work?
>
> And how much memory, stack, heap, and program is needed to run such an
> interpreter and tcl scripts?


Don't know, but I thought I'd point out the 'Jim' interpreter in case
you find Tcl too big:

http://jim.berlios.de/

Ciao,
--
David N. Welton
- http://www.dedasys.com/davidw/

Linux, Open Source Consulting
- http://www.dedasys.com/
noel.frankinet

2006-01-26, 7:59 am

David N. Welton wrote:
> Liang wrote:
>
>
>
> Don't know, but I thought I'd point out the 'Jim' interpreter in case
> you find Tcl too big:
>
> http://jim.berlios.de/
>
> Ciao,


Jim seems dormant now. Anybody knows why ?

Cheers
Noel
suchenwi

2006-01-26, 7:59 am

The author seems to be busy with different things. But the source is
nicely readable and maintainable, if you run into quirks...

Paul Whitfield

2006-01-26, 9:57 pm

David N. Welton wrote:
> Liang wrote:
>
> Don't know, but I thought I'd point out the 'Jim' interpreter in case
> you find Tcl too big:
>
> http://jim.berlios.de/



I know that there exists a port to RTEMS (see www.rtems.com) of tcl
8.3.1. It is available here:
ftp://ftp.rtems.com/pub/rtems/current_contrib/tcl-8.3.1

I have NOT used it myself, so I will not speak to its quality.
I don't know what its resource requirements are either.

It would serve as a good starting point.

Regards

Paul
Gerald W. Lester

2006-01-26, 9:57 pm

Liang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a new comer to tcl world.
>
> May I know if it's possible to port tcl interpreter onto an embedded system?
> so that I can run some test cases on that system.


What embedded OS -- several have Tcl already ported to them.
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