INSTALL

ECMAScript Edition 4 Reference Implementation

Copyright (c) 2007 Adobe Systems Inc., The Mozilla Foundation, Opera
Software ASA, and others.

See the file LICENSE for terms and conditions.


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Binary Installation
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The binary release consists of a single directory es4/ with several
files. As long as you keep all these files together in one directory,
you may move that directory anywhere (and/or rename it).

Cygwin
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Run the interpreter with the es4 script.

Type :help at the ES4 prompt for information about the interpreter.

Windows
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On Windows without Cygwin, run the es4.bat batch file.

Type :help at the ES4 prompt for information about the interpreter.

Linux
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Run the interpreter with the es4 script. Your system must contain an
accessible installation of libgmp.so.3 (which it probably does) and
GNU LIBC 2.3.

Type :help at the ES4 prompt for information about the interpreter.

MacOS X
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Run the interpreter with the es4 script.

Type :help at the ES4 prompt for information about the interpreter.


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Source Installation
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We are actively working on improving and documenting the installation
process. Currently the high-level overview is:

Building with SML/NJ (recommended)
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Install SML/NJ version 110.62 or later
% ./configure --with-dialect=smlnj
% make compile dump

Building with MLton
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Install MLton version 20070826 or later
% ./configure --with-dialect=mlton
% make compile dump

Building with SML.NET
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Not currently supported.