programming (compiling/interpreting) on A780

[captain jtejur]

Hi there,

I'm just new to the forum as I plan on buying a Motorola a780, mainly because of it's Linux PDA features and the quite moderate price.

So here's what I'd like to know before buying and couldn't find out yet: I would like to be able to write and compile/execute programs on the road (basically to do some small physical calculations to verify results of current measurements and things like that). How easy is it to get a C compiler, Perl interpreter, or even better a FORTRAN compiler running on the a780, so that I can write AND run programs on the phone?

The only thing I found out so far is a perl interpreter called "microperl" but I'm not sure if this is sort of a perl-console with direct input only, or if it can handle perl scripts. C and/or Fortran would be more useful, anyhow.

BTW, I tried to search for similiar topics on the forum too, but could find only unsatisfying Borland Compiler with DosBox solutions.

[swifty]

i move your post to the development section.
there are more expierienced programers.
i have seen a zaurus c port:
http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/s...highlight=zgcc
and some python port:
http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/s...ghlight=python
maybe this could help you

[captain jtejur]

The zgcc port looks good if it works on a780 (don't know about how big the difference of the architecture is in comparisson to the e680i) but I just asked that in it's thread.
Python, however, would be ok as an alternative, if nothing else works out. Thanks for the quick reply.

[swifty]

python is working.
zgcc should work too (not tested by me)
A780 is mostly the same architecture as E680i.

[keaglez]

Well, i have:
- zgcc working but sometimes seg. fault or illegal instruction
- php working perfectly
- perl working, havent tried do more with it (not interested with perl, however have tested run some script successfully)
- python working, havent tried do more with it either

My device is ROKR E2, it should work same as all ezx too.

Looking forward for a fully working gcc or zgcc, so i can completely move to C or C++...

[captain jtejur]

Well, i have:
- zgcc working but sometimes seg. fault or illegal instruction
- php working perfectly
- perl working, havent tried do more with it (not interested with perl, however have tested run some script successfully)
- python working, havent tried do more with it either

My device is ROKR E2, it should work same as all ezx too.

Looking forward for a fully working gcc or zgcc, so i can completely move to C or C++...

Do you have a full Perl version? I just found something about "microperl" which is a single executable that can run only rudimentary perl scripts. If you have full perl, where did you get it from or how did you do it?

Fully working gcc, g++ or gfortran would indeed be the best solution.

[keaglez]

Look at the zgcc thread, i have posted the links there...you can found the perl in that links... All u need is just copy bin and lib somewhere in ur SD, then set the environment manually...

[captain jtejur]

Look at the zgcc thread, i have posted the links there...you can found the perl in that links... All u need is just copy bin and lib somewhere in ur SD, then set the environment manually...

You mean here?
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/...00-c3x00/feed/

What are these *.ipk files?

[swifty]

You mean here?
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/...00-c3x00/feed/

What are these *.ipk files?

you can decompress this *.ipk with ark on linux.
these are compressed tar files.

[keaglez]

Yup, its a tar.gz archives... Oh, there are gcc too... You might try it...