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+ | ====== Installing ACT ====== | ||
- | ====== System requirements ====== | + | Primary development of ACT is conducted on Linux and MacOS, and so it has been extensively tested on such systems. It has also been tested in certain [[install# |
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+ | The core library is available from [Github](https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Linux/ | ||
Before starting, please make sure that your system satisfies the following requirements: | Before starting, please make sure that your system satisfies the following requirements: | ||
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* The system should have the macro pre-processing package '' | * The system should have the macro pre-processing package '' | ||
- | ====== Build instructions ====== | + | On MacOS, these packages can be installed using the [[https:// |
- | Create a directory where you'd like the tools to be installed. Example common locations include ''/ | + | ==== Build instructions ==== |
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+ | Create a directory where you'd like the tools to be installed. Example common locations include ''/ | ||
* Set the environment variable '' | * Set the environment variable '' | ||
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* Run '' | * Run '' | ||
- | If there is an issue building the software and you want to do a clean build, use '' | + | If there is an issue building the software and you want to do a clean build, use '' |
Once you've built the tools, run '' | Once you've built the tools, run '' | ||
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Note that the environment variable '' | Note that the environment variable '' | ||
- | ====== | + | Optional: to add the tools to your path add '' |
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+ | ==== Troubleshooting | ||
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+ | If you have trouble building on your specific operating system have a peek in the continuous integration scripts of the git repository if your operating system is covered there and you can try the commands specified: | ||
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+ | https:// | ||
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+ | for '' | ||
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+ | for '' | ||
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+ | ===== Microsoft Windows ===== | ||
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+ | Recent versions of Windows include compatibility layers for Unix, and ACT has been successfully tested in such an environment. | ||
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+ | [[windows_build|Some instructions for running ACT tools on Microsoft Windows]] | ||
- | This is a rough chronology of the development/ | + | ===== Running large ACT files ===== |
- | * ~1991 (?), a language for hierarchical production rules was developed at Caltech (A.J. Martin' | + | ACT files are typically short since they are written by a designer. However, an ACT file generated |
- | * 1995, a new CAST language was designed and implemented | + | |
- | * A version of this language was also re-implemented at a startup company started by Andrew Lines and Uri Cummings (also in Martin' | + | |
- | * Some development continued at Caltech, including embedding the language within the Modula-3 language | + | |
- | * 2004, a language that provided | + | |
- | * ACT v0 was used by Achronix Semiconductor, | + | |
- | * An open-source (GPLed) version of ACT v0 (called " | + | |
- | * 2005-2014: ACT was used to implement | + | |
- | * 2010, planning for all the missing pieces | + | |
- | * 2011, initial template for the core language based on ACT v0 developed | + | |
- | * 2017, actual implementation of the new features started | + | |
- | * 2018, Most features of ACT v1 ready | + | |
- | * 1/2019, first open-source release | + | |
- | * 4/2019, documentation effort initiated | + | |
- | ====== Synopsys linkages | + | ===== Synopsys linkages ===== |
Some of the library functionality can be linked into Synopsys '' | Some of the library functionality can be linked into Synopsys '' | ||