Well of course there is a Windows installer for the latest release
version of Poly/ML at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/polyml/files/polyml/5.5.2/ . The source
for the installer is included in the source files but it needs Visual
Studio and Wix ( http://wixtoolset.org/ ).
David
On 15/09/2015 15:00, Artella Coding wrote:
I saw your comment at
http://lists.inf.ed.ac.uk/pipermail/polyml/2015-September/001620.html
"I have the impression that there are two different classes of users when
it comes to Poly/ML on Windows. Users from a Windows background expect the
application to come with an installer, a Windows GUI and to support the
standard copy-and-paste, in particular with the standard
control-C/control-V key bindings."
and thought I would forward you the below, because it confirms what you say.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Andrej Bauer <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: Course programming language
To: Artella Coding <[email protected]>
This is a completely different thing: until there is a Windows-style
installer where students just click through things it's a show
stopper. That is the reality of today's stdents (of math).
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Artella Coding
<[email protected]> wrote:
https://twitter.com/andrejbauer/status/643158821083418625
p.s. if you were also considering Standard ML you could try the
instructions
David Matthew gave to build from source.
http://lists.inf.ed.ac.uk/pipermail/polyml/2015-August/001593.html
http://lists.inf.ed.ac.uk/pipermail/polyml/2015-August/001602.html
All you need is msys2 and the rest is pretty seamless.
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