From: jan@swi.psy.uva.nl (Jan Wielemaker)
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Subject: [comp.lang.prolog] SWI-Prolog: mailing list and test-sites
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Date: 26 Sep 1992 11:57:47 GMT
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Since I put SWI-Prolog on anonymous ftp many people have installed and
ported the system.  I've  received many positive reactions and reports
on installation problems since.  Thanks!

Info and mailing list
=====================

Some  information: SWI-Prolog  is a  fairly  complete Prolog  compiler
distributed on `copy-left' basis.  It offers  a fast compiler, lots of
standard  built-in    predicates,  libraries, module-system,   foreign
language (C) interface, profiler and many more.  It has been ported to
various Unix platforms and some non-Unix ones.

There is now  a mailing list  for  SWI-Prolog specific issues  (ports,
user contributions, ...).  See below.

Version:	1.6.5
Available:	Anonymous ftp from swi.psy.uva.nl (192.42.96.1)
		and various other sites.  Tape or mail is *not* possible.
Mailing list:	prolog@swi.psy.uva.nl
		Registration: prolog-request@swi.psy.uva.nl

Test sites
==========

My current obligations at the University do not allow me to spent much
time on the  development   of SWI-Prolog.  Therefore I'm  looking  for
people willing   to  spend  some time  for  beta-testing new releases,
finishing some ports and extending the code.  Most important is to get
the difficult-to-port parts ported  to the various hardware platforms,
which  implies I'm  looking  for experienced   C-programmers which are
familiar with  low-level  aspects  of the  hardware/operating  system:
incremental     loading   of   object-files,     low-level      memory
management/memory  model,   etc.  Below   is  a list   of  hardware/OS
platforms to which SWI-Prolog has been ported:


    * SUN sparc		SunOs 4.1.2
	-Development version offering all features.
	+ No support needed.
    * SUN 680x0		SunOs 4.1.1
	- Complete version.
	+ I have a sun-3 available. No support needed.
    * IBM RS6000	AIX 3.1/3.2
	- No dynamic stack expansion
	+ Probably portable.  Looking for support
    * IBM PS2/AIX	AIX ??
	- Very old port.  Probably problems
	+ Looking for support
    * IBM LINUX		LINUX ??
	- Complete as far as the OS allows us.
	- New save/restore needs to be tested.
	+ Looking for support.
    * IBM PC		DOS 
        - Who made this port?  I only heard rumours ...
    * DEC MIPS		Ultrix ??
	- Complete as far as the OS allows us.
	- New save/restore needs to be tested.
	+ Looking for support.
    * Atari ST		TOS 1.4/Turbo-C
        - Complete as far as the OS allows us.
	- Problems calling tos-applications (editor).
	+ Looking for support.
    * Gould PN		UTX 2.0 ??
	- Very old port.
	+ Looking for support
    * NeXT		MACH ??
	- Saved states are broken.
	- No dynamic stack expansion
	+ Both are probably portable.  Looking for support
    * VAX		Ultrix
	- Very old port.
	+ Looking for support
    * HP		HPUX 8.0
	- Saved states are broken.
	- Various minor installation problems have been reported
	+ Probably portable.  Looking for support
    
Communication will be by E-mail.  Ftp connection is desirable to exchange
versions.  Contributions will be acknowledged appropriately.

	Thanks --- Jan