OK thanks Bill and Joey. Sorry to be so slow on the uptake. I was conscious of coming late to the j806 beta (my energies being wholly absorbed elsewhere) and I'd totally missed the significance of the avx discussion.
I was already feeling the urge to upgrade to OSX Sierra. I hadn't realised it was even more pressing to upgrade my hardware if I wasn't to be relegated to the trailing edge of J progress. Right now I feel no urgent need for j806 so won't be seeking a non-avx version. (At least, until I replace my iMac, when I sure will.) On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 1:14 AM, bill lam <[email protected]> wrote: > you can clone j source from github and build a non-avx version. use the > target j64, not j64avx. If you have difficulty in building it yourself, > please let us know. > > On 19 Apr, 2017 7:04 am, "Ian Clark" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > …Have I just hit this problem? > > > > Just downloaded: j806_mac64.zip > > from: www.jsoftware.com/download/j806/install/ > > and installed it as: /Applications/j64-806 > > > > I launch: jcon.app > > > > …Apple Terminal opens and displays: > > —————————————————————————————— > > Last login: Tue Apr 18 23:04:57 on ttys000 > > ian-clarks-imac:~ ianclark$ /Applications/j64-806/bin/jconsole ; exit; > > Illegal instruction: 4 > > logout > > Saving session... > > ...copying shared history... > > ...saving history...truncating history files... > > ...completed. > > > > [Process completed] > > —————————————————————————————— > > …and immediately exits. > > > > Contrast this with what happens with jconsole in j805 -- I get just the > > first 2 lines, followed by a J prompt. > > > > Plus Apple Console gives me a crash report (attached -- but does it get > > stripped off a forum email like this?) > > > > The same thing happens if I launch the following executable by > > double-clicking it: > > /Applications/j64-806/bin/jconsole > > > > Since AFAICT all IDEs call jconsole, nothing else works -- so no surprise > > about that. > > > > I notice you mention: "an avx binary JE on a non-avx platform". Is this > > something under my control? (I'd guess not). > > > > Oh, and one more thing… > > AFAICT the green J icon: /Applications/j64-806/jqt.app > > tries to execute an absent file: /Applications/j64-806/bin/jqt.command > > > > I'm running: OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.6 on an iMac(24-inch, Early > > 2009). > > > > Send me an Xcode project, if there's something I can help with, like > > recompiling a new jconsole executable. I gather Macs are in short supply > on > > this list. > > > > Ian > > > > On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Starting J with an avx binary JE on a non-avx platform will fail. > > > > > > The failure will probably be reported as 'Illegal instruction'. It some > > > case it will be reported that the JE load failed. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
