Elan [1] [2] compiler for Linux/Unix by Marc Seutter using gcc as backend.
CPU OS Comment
i686 Linux 2.2.19 Slackware
i686 Linux 2.2.10 Suse 6
i686 Linux 2.4.5 Debian
amd64 FreeBSD 4.4/4.6 SMP
sparc-sun4m Solaris 2.8
sparc-sun4u Solaris 2.9
alpha NetBSD
First build Mimir:
$ cd mimir-3.1
$ ./confgure
$ make
$ sudo make install
Then build elancc:
$ cd elan-1.11
$ ./configure
$ make
$ sudo make install
Invoke elancc on your Elan source files:
$ elancc hello.e
This creates the executable hello.
You find Elan example programs in elan-1.11/exp.
Get more information by elancc --help or man elancc
See The Manuals at elan-1.1/manuals.
- Günter Hommel, Joachim Jäckel, Stefan Jähnichen, Karl Kleine, Wilfried Koch, Kees Koster: ELAN-Sprachbeschreibung. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden 1979, ISBN 3400003840.
- Rainer Hahn, Peter Stock: ELAN-Handbuch. 2., korr. Auflage. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden 1982, ISBN 3-400-00499-5
- L.H. Klingen, J. Liedtke: Programmieren mit ELAN. Teubner Verlag, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3519025078.
- L.H. Klingen, J. Liedtke: ELAN in 100 Beispielen. Teubner Verlag, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3519025213.
- C.H.A. Koster: Top-Down Programming with Elan. Ellis Horwood, 1987, ISBN 0745801870.
This is the most recent compiler version for ELAN. It is strictly intended for Linux/Unix. It assumes that you have gcc installed on your computer, as it uses the compiler driver to assemble and link. The Elan compiler can generate assembler code for Intel x86, AMD 64, Sparc (<V9), Alpha as well as VAX11 (not tested; anyhow who has a VAX11 still in operation nowadays). Several runtime extensions are also available namely the socket, experimental X11/Xaw, and experimental thread library.
To compile the new Elan compiler, you must also download the datastructure generator packet mimir from ftp://ftp.cs.ru.nl/pub/vb/mimir
Good luck, Marc Seutter (marcs@cs.ru.nl)
Enjoy, Ulrich Hoffmann (uho@xlerb.de)