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                             File:  betcl80.tar.gz
                           Author:  Dave Mills
                          Release:  08/07/87
                    Compatibility:  PR
                         Location:  ftp.be.bom
                      Description:  Port of Tcl8.0
                            Notes:  Very quick port!


Tcl8.0b2 for BeOS (PR)
======================


This archive contains a very quick port of Tcl8.0 to BeOS (PR).
The directory Beos contains the code. Most of it is identical
to the unix versions. The absolute minimum changes were made
to allow an executable to be built.

mwcc was used to build. The archive includes libtcl.a, 
as well as tclsh and tcltest executables.

The main areas which need attention are

	- sockets 
	- numerical precision
	- the exit status of 'exec' calls

For such a rough port a surprising amount of tcl seems to work fine!

Failed test are marked with *testname*
Unsupported test are marked with !testname!

                     fCmd.test           llength.test        set.test
                    *fileName.test*      load.test (8)       socket.test
 append.test         for-old.test        lrange.test         source.test
!assocd.test!        for.test            lreplace.test       split.test
 async.test          foreach.test        lsearch.test        string.test
 basic.test          format.test (6)     !macFCmd.test!      stringObj.test
 binary.test         get.test            misc.test           subst.test
 case.test           history.test        namespace-old.test  switch.test
 clock.test (1)     *http.test*          namespace.test      test1
 cmdAH.test (2)      if-old.test         obj.test (6)        timer.test
 cmdIL.test          if.test             osa.test            trace.test
 cmdInfo.test       *incr-old.test*      parse.test (9)      unixFCmd.test
 compile.test       *incr.test*         *pid.test*          *unixNotfy.test*
 concat.test         indexObj.test       pkg.test            unknown.test
 dcall.test          info.test           policies            uplevel.test
 defs                interp.test         proc-old.test       upvar.test
 dstring.test        io.test (7)         proc.test           util.test
 env.test (3)        ioCmd.test          regexp.test         var.test
 error.test          join.test           registry.test       while-old.test
 eval.test           license.terms      *remote.tcl*         while.test
 event.test (4)      lindex.test         rename.test        !winFCmd.test!
 exec.test (5)       link.test (6)       resource.test      !winNotify.test!
 execute.test        linsert.test        safe.test          !winPipe.test!
 expr-old.test (6)   list.test           scan.test (6)
 expr.test (6)       listObj.test        set-old.test



(1) 1 second error!
(2) test cmdAG-11.1 failed
(3) Bad thread ID failure
(4) crashes tcltest
(5) tasks execute but return bad thread ID's
(6) correct reults but precision wrong
(7) Some failures (pipe, bad thread id)
(8) Not built
(9) parse-9.14 failed


Now for Tk8.0 :-)


Enjoy, 
	Dave Mills   (rfactory@earthlink.net)