@Ian Of course, I would like to see my goto benchmarks -
5 timespace '%. 1000 1000 ?@$0' 0.226458 44042240 timespace '%. 20 20 ?@$1000x' 1.085014 727200 Those times were on a 2.7 GHz i5 MacBook in j903-e - joey > On 2021Mar 13, at 22:48, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > @ Mike > The short answer to your questions: yes, and yes. > > To date there's only 3 Mac models with the M1 chip: two laptops and the Mac > Mini. > I've just bought the Mac mini running under Big Sur for dedicated Xcode, > which is painfully slow on my old MBA. > > Well…! > This is the most painless Mac I've ever bought (I own 4 now, some very > old). Setup was fast, and went as it should. > Mind you, I'd only installed Xcode from App Store and transferred none of > my code and data. I hadn't even installed J. > But seeing your post I thought I'd install first j901 then j902. > > Both installations proceeded identically, and just as they had for my MBA > running Catalina. > I wrote a log as I did the steps, which I'll omit here. Ask to see it if > you want. > > Basically I followed the instructions on the jwiki page: > System/Installation/j902/zips > first clicking the link: j902_mac64.zip > > Once installed, j902 offered me 3 icons on my desktop. I ran the green J > named jqt902. > After 24 bounces in the Dock, the jqt "Term" window appeared. > (don't worry: it re-launches with scarcely one bounce.) > > I then entered: > load'plot' > plot 2000?2000 > The plot window appeared immediately, filled with a dense scribble. > > Summary: the Mac mini runs absurdly fast, and I've found it no trouble to > use. To-date it has done everything I've thrown at it. > > Bill is right: there's no J engine for the M1 chip as-yet. So it's got to > be transparently running the new Rosetta emulator for Intel code. I haven't > timed any J benchmarks: would someone care to offer me one? > > Ian Clark > > > On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 at 20:00, Michael P. Manti <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I am considering buying a new M1 Mac to replace my aging 2014 MacBook Pro. >> Is J supported on macOS Big Sur? Is it supported on the M1 chips? >> >> I any members of the forum have tested J out on the M1 Macs, I would >> appreciate any advice that they have to share. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Mike >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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
