Joey, As indicated in previous message, illegal instruction is expected when trying to run 806 avx binary on an older platform that does not support avx.
We are trying to figure out what to do with 806 for older platforms. Building/testing/packaging/distributing/supporting releases has a cost and we don't want to do that for packages where there is little or no interest. We don't want the complication of having both avx and non-avx binaries in our primary windows/osx/linux 64 packages. I think most J users have machines that support avx and don't need to be concerned. Saying we won't provide packages for windows/osx/linux 64 non-avx platform is a trial balloon. If there is no demand, then we will have streamlined things at our end. Perhaps the requirement can be met by staying with 805 (a stable, long-term release). Perhaps we can just put the 806 non-avx binaries at the web site and users download and replace the avx binary (more work for a few users, but easier for most users and for Jsoftware). Perhaps interested users can build their non-avx binaries from the source. We will see how this unfolds. If there is serous demand for non-avx packages, then we will provide them. *** On a different, but similar note, we plan to stop providing linux 32 packages. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
