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This page provides some useful information on the FLEX compiler infrastructure. Source code is licensed under the GNU GPL v2 or later.

THIS IS UNSUPPORTED SOFTWARE.

UPDATE (Feb 2009): FLEX sources have been migrated to git. Use the git repository: http://cscott.net/Projects/git/Harpoon/<module>, where <module> is one of Benchmarks BuildScripts Classpath Code CVSROOT Design Docs EventDriven FOC focred ImageRec QuickBench Realtime Repair RoleDiscovery RoleInference Runtime SupportNP or Tests. Additional information is at Ohloh.

UPDATE (Feb 2011): I uploaded the FLEX sources to github, where it's easier to browse them. The github sources have a single respository with each CVS module in its own directory; each module is also on its own branch if you'd like to interact with them separately.

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FLEX group publications and papers
Project bibliography	PDF	10-Jun-1999 at 10:01:24 AM EDT.
Tutorial on compiler intermediate representation (This is a bit outdated these days, but may still be useful)	PDF	12-Oct-1998 at 04:39:33 PM EDT.
FLEX Change Log		19-Apr-2007 at 01:15:31 AM EDT.
FLEX javadoc documentation		19-Apr-2007 at 01:15:31 AM EDT.
RTJ javadoc documentation		6-Sep-2002 at 06:29:52 PM EDT.

FLEX version	Status	Source code	Binary	Javadoc	Updated/Released
Development alpha	unstable	harpoon.tgz			19-Apr-2007 at 12:55:18 AM EDT.
			Harpoon.jar		19-Apr-2007 at 01:00:20 AM EDT.
				doc/	19-Apr-2007 at 01:15:31 AM EDT.
v3.2	stable	harpoon.tgz	Harpoon.jar		09-Apr-2002 at 22:58:18 PM EDT.
v3.1	stable	harpoon.tgz	Harpoon.jar	doc.tgz	10-Mar-2002 at 00:12:27 PM EST.
v2.0	obsolete	harpoon.tgz			07-Nov-2001 at 18:41:03 PM EST.
v1.0	obsolete	harpoon.tgz	Harpoon.jar	doc.tgz	21-Nov-1998 at 08:59:33 PM EST.

ImageRec version	Status	Source code	Binary	Javadoc	Updated/Released
Image Recognition benchmarks
v1.0	stable	imagerec.tgz	imagerec.jar	doc/	[an error occurred while processing this directive]

RTJ version	Status	Source code	Binary	Javadoc	Updated/Released
Real-time Java implementation
Development alpha	unstable	realtime.tgz	realtime.jar	doc/	6-Sep-2002 at 06:30:32 PM EDT.
This software is unsupported and provided for research purposes only. If you want a production RTJ implementation, ask TimeSys.

You may also find the following links useful.

For information on installing and using FLEX, see:

FLEX Quick-start Script.
If you've installed the SunJDK, this script should take care of the rest. Tested on RedHat 7.3. Download and run from the directory you want to install FLEX under; the script itself should provide all the rest of the documentation you'll need.
Getting started with FLEX (installation guide) [UPDATED 21 July 2003].
Using ssh effectively (local installations).
FLEX make targets you should know.
FLEX Coding Conventions.
How to get Code/SupportNP (revised 14-jun-2001).
Checking out and building the Runtime (read this important note).
Special CVS log tags FLEX uses (and more tags).
Information on getting and using the prototype Java 1.5 (GJ) compiler.
(Canonical GJ paper from OOPSLA; you may also be interested in NextGen, which is the next major language change in store for Java. The official GJ spec can be downloaded here.)
GJ tools and information.

External resources which might be useful:

Getting started with CVS.
If you're planning on doing a lot of work with very recent sources, you will probably want to keep your system clock synchronized with ntp, if it's not already.

Other resources:

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