Re: outputting C code
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- Subject: [mg116779] Re: outputting C code
- From: HonestMath <honestmath at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 04:35:35 -0500 (EST)
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Cheers to both of you for that information. I was hoping to be able to produce some standalone libraries with a special compiler, but it seems as though the Wolfram libraries are a necessity. It's no surprise. Thank you again, I will trudge on! On Feb 26, 3:10 am, Albert Retey <a... at gmx-topmail.de> wrote: > Hi, > > > It looks like I am able to create some code for external use. > > However, I wonder if enough code is generated or if some is in byte > > code for that platform. Let me elaborate. I want to know if it is > > possible to create a function that calls built-in Mathematica > > functions, and use this in an external software package. > > > For example, if I have an application meant for use on an Android > > device, is it possible for Mathematica to give me all I need to > > generate a Java library, or C source code that can be compiled for a > > Java device? As compilation is device dependent, it seems it might be > > limited to the device on which Mathematica is running. If you have > > Mathematica for Windows, it generates Windows code, if on a Mac, it > > generates Mac code. Is this correct, or is there a way to get all I > > need to run on an Android, Palm, or iphone? > > While I think the generated C-Code should probably be compilable for > other platforms the problem that you can not solve without Wolfram is > that you will need to link to the Wolfram RTL library (that's the > "Libraries" -> "WolframRTL_Static_Minimal.lib" part in > CCodeGenerator/tutorial/Examples#119837896). AFAIK Android and Palm's > WebOS are basically Linux-Distributions but since they typically running > on ARM processors you can not use the (binary) libraries that come with > the Linux version of Mathematica (which I think is only available for > the x86/x64 architectures). For the iPhone I'm not even sure if there > are C-Compilers and standard libraries available (officially), I think > Apple insisted on apps to be programmed in Objective C until very > recently... > > As long as Wolfram Research does not provide the Wolfram RTL libraries > for these architectures, you are out of luck. Does anyone know whether > binaries for these architecture are available or planned to be made > available or did I get something wrong with the above? > > hth, > > albert