Greetings! Eugene Surowitz <[email protected]> writes:
> Depends on the kind of Mac you are talking about. > > A Mac that is Intel based can run Windows and Apple's OS/X > in various ways and hot swap between them. > > A PowerPC Mac (mine) doesn't have a native Axiom mostly > because of developer resources as well as the switch to the Intel processor. > I have started working my way toward getting GCL native and then > trying to determine what the Axiom build runs into. > PPC mac worked at one time with the locbfd configure option. Don't know how much effort should be put into maintaining it at this point. Take care, > For the desperate, you could probably get away with running > MS's VirtualPC product on the Powerbook; it emulates the Intel > instruction set and runs Windows. Speed had better not be your concern. > The product may have been pulled but mine still updates Windows. > > I think this get the current state of things about right. > > > Demitri Muna wrote: >> Hi Gene, >> >> Thanks for the link - I've never come across that before. It doesn't seem to >> run on a Mac though... >> >> Demitri >> >> On Apr 15, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Eugene Surowitz wrote: >> >>> There is another alternative: >>> >>> I use the AXIOM the free and open source algebraic system that >>> can be run on a Linux that operates as an application on windows; >>> no partitioning or dual boot necessary. >>> >>> See the section "Axiom on Windows" lower down on this page: >>> http://axiom.axiom-developer.org/axiom-website/download.html >>> >>> Cheers, Gene >>> >>> Demitri Muna wrote: >>>> Hi Eugene, >>>> Thanks for the information. Right now (partly based on the feedback) I'm >>>> considering requiring Windows users use Linux, either through an >>>> installation on a flash drive, a virtual machine, or partitioning their >>>> drive. >>>> Cheers, >>>> Demitri >>>> On Apr 14, 2010, at 4:00 PM, Eugene Surowitz wrote: >>>>> I regularly use the "cygwin" on MS Windows; >>>>> it provides a unix-like environment with many packages of tools. >>>>> >>>>> I think "mingw" does the same, but I currently don't use it. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, Eugene Surowitz >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Demitri Muna wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> As I announced last week, I'm running a scientific programming workshop >>>>>> in June (deadline to apply is tomorrow!). The participants will be >>>>>> bringing their own laptops running OS X, Linux, and Windows. >>>>>> There are several tools that I want to introduce, but for some things I >>>>>> am really only familiar with OS X (and to a lesser degree, Linux). I'd >>>>>> like to see if there is anyone who works regularly on Linux or Windows >>>>>> who can assist me in finding the right tools on those platforms. An >>>>>> example of the tools/tasks I want to illustrate: >>>>>> - A free IDE (python/C++/etc.). >>>>>> - SVN gui (or at all on Win) >>>>>> - Running gcc (on Win) >>>>>> - Code profiling / debugging >>>>>> - SQLite (Win - command line interface?) >>>>>> - Running fuse >>>>>> - etc. >>>>>> While I have some ideas of what is available (e.g. Eclispe), I don't >>>>>> really know how to use these tools on non-Mac platforms and would like >>>>>> someone who is familiar with them and uses them regularly. >>>>>> Of course, a valid question is whether one should bother with Windows in >>>>>> scientific research, so if anyone actually does day to day data analysis >>>>>> in Windows I'd be curious to hear from you even if you don't have the >>>>>> time to help. >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Demitri >>>>>> _________________________________________ >>>>>> Demitri Muna >>>>>> Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics >>>>>> New York University >>>>>> 4 Washington Place >>>>>> New York, NY 10003 >>>>>> (212) 992-7453 >>>> _________________________________________ >>>> Demitri Muna >>>> Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics >>>> New York University >>>> 4 Washington Place >>>> New York, NY 10003 >>>> (212) 992-7453 >>> >> >> _________________________________________ >> Demitri Muna >> >> Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics >> New York University >> 4 Washington Place >> New York, NY 10003 >> >> (212) 992-7453 >> >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Axiom-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer > > > > -- Camm Maguire [email protected] ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
