From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Received: (from weis@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id XAA25338 for caml-red; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 23:01:15 +0100 (MET)
Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA31609 for <caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr>; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:59:55 +0100 (MET)
Received: from magnolia.wanadoo.fr (smtp-rt-11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.19.62])
	by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.10.0) with ESMTP id f0NAxsD29596
	for <caml-list@inria.fr>; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:59:54 +0100 (MET)
Received: from andira.wanadoo.fr (193.252.19.152) by magnolia.wanadoo.fr; 23 Jan 2001 11:59:54 +0100
Received: from wfr01946 (164.138.50.177) by andira.wanadoo.fr; 23 Jan 2001 11:59:36 +0100
Reply-To: <lionel.fourquaux@wanadoo.fr>
From: "Lionel Fourquaux" <lionel.fourquaux@wanadoo.fr>
To: <jeanmarc.eber@lexifi.com>, <caml-list@inria.fr>
Cc: <david.vincent@lexifi.com>
Subject: RE: -custom under win32
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 11:49:25 +0100
Message-ID: <000001c0852a$87b72020$b1328aa4@wfr01946>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0)
In-Reply-To: <980184766.3a6c6ebe3620e@imp.pro.proxad.net>
Importance: Normal
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400
Sender: weis@pauillac.inria.fr

> 
> Hi OCamler!
> 
> I want to generate a "closed bytecode" executable under win32 
> (that contains the
> bytecode interpreter so that it can be used on a machine without OCaml
> installed). I'm just using the "standard" Ocaml run-time (I 
> haven't written any
> C-code to incorporate in the run-time).
> 
> 1. Do I understand well that I need the Microsoft Linker 
> (cl.exe), but ONLY the
> linker, not the C compiler or assembler ?

	You need cl.exe, and it's not the linker, but the compiler.
Mostly, it is used to call link.exe (the linker) with the required
arguments. However, I think ocamlc generate also a simple C file
for the list of primitives. Anyhow, you need VC++.

	Wouldn't it be possible to modify ocamlc so that only
the assembler and the linker are used ? (By generating this
table of primitives in assembly.)

> 
> 2. If yes, does anybody know if this linker can be 
> obtained/purchased/...
> without buying VC++ ?

	The Miscrosoft linker (link.exe) and the assembler (ml.exe)
are included in the Windows 98 DDK and in the Windows 2000 DDK.
Both can be downloaded form Microsoft website. The required
libraries are also included.

> 
> 3. Can my problem be solved with Cygwin now, in a future version ?

	I think so, but I'm not very interested in Cygwin, so you'd
better check.

> 
> Jean-Marc Eber
> 

	Hope this helps,


		Lionel Fourquaux