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T) 216 396.67 T (echnical Questions) 238.04 396.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "2" 3 %%Page: "3" 3 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 432 45 540 61.12 R V 0 X (3 of 23) 511.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 0 24 Q 0 X -1.2 (Questions) 278.75 704 S 0 14 Q (1 Backgr) 108 666.67 T (ound to ANDF) 161.77 666.67 T (, TDF and DRA) 248.33 666.67 T 2 F (1.1 What is ANDF?) 108 638.67 T (1.2 What is TDF?) 108 610.67 T (1.3 Who are DRA?) 108 582.67 T (1.4 Which or) 108 554.67 T (ganizations support ANDF?) 181.19 554.67 T (1.5 Why are DRA developing TDF?) 108 526.67 T (1.6 What is the history of TDF?) 108 498.67 T (1.7 How much is being invested in TDF?) 108 470.67 T (1.8 Is TDF an open speci\336cation?) 108 442.67 T (1.9 Who controls TDF?) 108 414.67 T (1.10 Has ANDF been oversold?) 108 386.67 T 0 F (2 Commer) 108 356.67 T (cial Aspects) 171.08 356.67 T 2 F (2.1 How can I get hold of TDF?) 108 328.67 T (2.2 What software is available?) 108 300.67 T (2.3 What real-life experience is there in using ANDF?) 108 272.67 T 0 F (3 ANDF and ISVs) 108 242.67 T 2 F (3.1 Does ANDF protect proprietary information as well as a binary does?) 108 214.67 T (3.2 Does ANDF make it much easier to pirate software?) 108 186.67 T (3.3 How will ANDF af) 108 158.67 T (fect an ISV\325) 237.16 158.67 T (s ability to do dif) 304.77 158.67 T (ferential pricing?) 400.14 158.67 T (3.4 How does an ISV ensure quality if a customer can run a ANDF program) 108 130.67 T (on a machine on which the ISV has not tested it?) 108 114.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "3" 4 %%Page: "4" 4 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 432 45 540 61.12 R V 0 X (4 of 23) 511.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 2 14 Q 0 X (3.5 W) 108 710.67 T (ill ANDF reduce testing costs?) 141.64 710.67 T (3.6 If a shrink-wrapped application fails who does the customer blame?) 108 682.67 T (3.7 How long does installation take?) 108 654.67 T (3.8 How lar) 108 626.67 T (ge is the distributed TDF compared to binary?) 174.2 626.67 T (3.9 What are the performance costs of using TDF?) 108 598.67 T (3.10 How long does it take to shrink-wrap an existing application?) 108 570.67 T 0 F (4 ANDF and System V) 108 540.67 T (endors) 241.96 540.67 T 2 F (4.1 How much ef) 108 512.67 T (fort does it take to implement a new installer?) 204.9 512.67 T (4.2 How have DRA matched the performance of compilers which have) 108 484.67 T -0.08 (taken many tens of staf) 108 468.67 P -0.08 (f-years to develop with installers that have only taken) 237.22 468.67 P (one or two staf) 108 452.67 T (f-years to develop?) 191.3 452.67 T (4.3 Do you have to use DRA technology to create a new TDF installer?) 108 424.67 T 0 F (5 ANDF and End Users) 108 394.67 T 2 F (5.1 How much will it cost?) 108 366.67 T (5.2 Does ANDF help me with the problem of legacy systems?) 108 338.67 T 0 F (6 T) 108 308.67 T (echnical Questions) 126.54 308.67 T 2 F (6.1 is ANDF is tied to UNIX?) 108 280.67 T (6.2 How does ANDF relate to APIs?) 108 252.67 T (6.3 How does ANDF relate to ABIs?) 108 224.67 T -0.31 (6.4 How does ANDF relate to distribution of multiple binaries on CD-ROM?) 108 196.67 P (6.5 How does ANDF relate to using shrouded C for distribution?) 108 168.67 T (6.6 Is TDF a C oriented technology?) 108 140.67 T (6.7 W) 108 112.67 T (ill ANDF collapse as more languages and tar) 141.64 112.67 T (gets are considered) 392.81 112.67 T (\050remember UNCOL\051?) 108 96.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "4" 5 %%Page: "5" 5 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 432 45 540 61.12 R V 0 X (5 of 23) 511.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 2 14 Q 0 X (6.8 W) 108 710.67 T (ill operating systems be compiled using ANDF?) 141.64 710.67 T (6.9 Is TDF suitable for parallel computers?) 108 682.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "5" 6 %%Page: "6" 6 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (Backgr) 108 736.84 T (ound to ANDF) 132.73 736.84 T (, TDF and DRA) 182.19 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (6 of 23) 511.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 0 24 Q 0 X -1.2 (Questions \050and Answers\051) 209.86 704 S 108 636.98 540 640 C 90 638.49 558 638.49 2 L 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X 0 K N 0 0 612 792 C 3 16 Q 0 X 0 K (1. Background to ANDF) 108 645.33 T (, TDF and DRA) 268.54 645.33 T 0 14 Q (1.1 What is ANDF?) 108 589.64 T 2 F (ANDF stands for Architecture Neutral Distribution Format. The concept of) 108 560.64 T (an ANDF was pioneered by the Open Software Foundation \050OSF\051. The OSF) 108 544.64 T (issued a Request For T) 108 528.64 T (echnology \050RFT\051 in May 1989 to solicit proposals for) 235.27 528.64 T (technologies that might form the basis of their ANDF; OSF received 23) 108 512.64 T (such proposals.) 108 496.64 T (The objective of ANDF is to encourage the development of a lar) 108 468.64 T (ge body of) 468.75 468.64 T (\324shrink-wrapped\325 applications capable of running on any Open Systems) 108 452.64 T (platform which implements the necessary libraries \050APIs\051.) 108 436.64 T 0 F ( 1.2 What is TDF?) 108 384.64 T 2 F (TDF is an ANDF technology) 108 355.64 T (, designed and implemented at DRA Malvern.) 270.33 355.64 T (In June 1991 DRA) 108 339.64 T (\325) 211.77 339.64 T (s TDF technology was selected to be the basis of the) 215.66 339.64 T (OSF\325) 108 323.64 T (s ANDF) 137.55 323.64 T (.) 183.46 323.64 T (TDF represents an evolution of multi-language, multi-tar) 108 295.64 T (get compiler) 426.82 295.64 T (intermediate languages. If there are) 108 279.64 T 4 F (n) 309.27 279.64 T 2 F ( programming languages and) 316.26 279.64 T 4 F (m) 482.59 279.64 T 2 F (machines then instead of needing the product of) 108 263.64 T 4 F (n) 380.02 263.64 T 2 F ( and) 387.02 263.64 T 4 F (m) 414.22 263.64 T 2 F ( compilers one only) 424.32 263.64 T (needs the sum \050) 108 247.64 T 4 F (n+m) 195.44 247.64 T 2 F (\051 \322half compilers\323. OSF refer to the) 221.98 247.64 T 4 F (n) 424.04 247.64 T 2 F ( front-ends which) 431.04 247.64 T (compile the programming languages into ANDF as) 108 231.64 T 4 F (pr) 398.31 231.64 T (oducers) 410.23 231.64 T 2 F (, and the) 454.53 231.64 T 4 F (m) 505.83 231.64 T 2 F (back-ends, which translate ANDF into the machine code of the dif) 108 215.64 T (ferent) 479.64 215.64 T (machines, as) 108 199.64 T 4 F (installers) 183 199.64 T 2 F (.) 235.09 199.64 T (The TDF technology provides software developers with an environment to) 108 171.64 T (create portable applications. It provides mechanisms for de\336ning the) 108 155.64 T (portability interface which an application will use so that the application can) 108 139.64 T (run unchanged on any computer that implements that interface. This) 108 123.64 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "6" 7 %%Page: "7" 7 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (Backgr) 108 736.84 T (ound to ANDF) 132.73 736.84 T (, TDF and DRA) 182.19 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (7 of 23) 511.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 2 14 Q 0 X (mechanism can also be used to de\336ne architecture neutral header \336les for) 108 710.67 T (common APIs such as POSIX, XPG3, SVID and the AES) 108 694.67 T (The document \322ANDF Features and Bene\336ts\323 gives a more detailed answer) 108 666.67 T (to this question.) 108 650.67 T 0 F ( 1.3 Who ar) 108 598.67 T (e DRA?) 177.71 598.67 T 2 F (The UK Defence Research Agency \050DRA\051 was established as an Executive) 108 569.67 T (Agency of the UK Ministry of Defence on 1st April 1991. It is wholly) 108 553.67 T (owned by the UK government but is a distinct or) 108 537.67 T (ganization headed by a) 380.96 537.67 T (Chief Executive who derives his authority from, and is directly accountable) 108 521.67 T (to, the Secretary of State for Defence.) 108 505.67 T (The aim of the DRA is to provide the expert scienti\336c and technical services) 108 477.67 T (required of it, primarily by the Ministry of Defence and Other Government) 108 461.67 T (Departments in a way which is cost-ef) 108 445.67 T (fective and impartial; in support of) 322.25 445.67 T (this, the DRA is also encouraged to provide services to non-government) 108 429.67 T (customers. The DRA is expected to continue to be the MoD\325) 108 413.67 T (s principal) 447.27 413.67 T (source of scienti\336c advice, technical support and research.) 108 397.67 T (DRA) 108 369.67 T (\325) 135.99 369.67 T (s \322turnover\323 is approximately a billion dollars per annum.) 139.87 369.67 T (DRA Malvern, formerly known as RSRE, is the Agency\325) 108 341.67 T (s main centre for) 427.46 341.67 T (work on information technology and electronic systems and devices and on) 108 325.67 T (their defence applications. It is staf) 108 309.67 T (fed by approximately 800 high calibre) 303.6 309.67 T (scientists and engineers from many disciplines working at the frontiers of) 108 293.67 T (scienti\336c knowledge.) 108 277.67 T 0 F ( 1.4 Which organizations support ANDF?) 108 225.67 T 2 F (The OSF has an advanced technology program in their Research Institute) 108 196.67 T (covering ANDF) 108 180.67 T (. UNIX System Labs \050USL\051 have signed a letter of) 197.43 180.67 T (understanding with DRA to license the TDF technology) 108 164.67 T (. The European) 420.73 164.67 T (Commission is supporting the Esprit GLUE project. Many other) 108 148.67 T (or) 108 132.67 T (ganizations from market leaders to standards bodies and industry) 119.4 132.67 T (groupings have shown interest and have of) 108 116.67 T (fered support to the ANDF) 347.13 116.67 T (project.) 108 100.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "7" 8 %%Page: "8" 8 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (Backgr) 108 736.84 T (ound to ANDF) 132.73 736.84 T (, TDF and DRA) 182.19 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (8 of 23) 511.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 0 14 Q 0 X ( 1.5 Why ar) 108 710.67 T (e DRA developing TDF?) 177.71 710.67 T 2 F (The Ministry of Defence is a lar) 108 681.67 T (ge end-user of computer systems. Through) 287.27 681.67 T (the widespread uptake of ANDF DRA aims to reduce the costs for software) 108 665.67 T (development and software and hardware procurement for the MoD. Related) 108 649.67 T (goals include the potential for early availability of compilers \050e.g. for Ada\051) 108 633.67 T (on new architectures, separating software and hardware purchasing, easier) 108 617.67 T -0.3 (mid-life hardware updates, and improving software longevity and scalability) 108 601.67 P -0.3 (.) 533.31 601.67 P (By providing TDF as the de-facto standard ANDF technology DRA ensures) 108 573.67 T (that MoD has access to a civil standard which can also handle defence) 108 557.67 T (requirements such as support for Ada.) 108 541.67 T 0 F ( 1.6 What is the history of TDF?) 108 489.67 T 2 F (TDF is derived from the T) 108 460.67 T (en15 project at DRA Malvern. The T) 255.09 460.67 T (en15 project) 462.01 460.67 T (was a 50 staf) 108 444.67 T (f year project which involved the de\336nition and) 180.41 444.67 T (implementation of a high-level abstract machine. Like TDF it was an) 108 428.67 T (architecture neutral representation of programming languages but it was) 108 412.67 T (strongly typed and also had the capability to describe operating system) 108 396.67 T (features, such as the network and \336lestore, explicitly) 108 380.67 T (. TDF was conceived as) 401.27 380.67 T (a portable code-generator for T) 108 364.67 T (en15 and was purpose-built to the) 281.85 364.67 T (requirements for creating and distributing shrink-wrapped software.) 108 348.67 T 0 F ( 1.7 How much is being invested in TDF?) 108 296.67 T 2 F (DRA has a team of 15 people plus 7 contractors currently working on TDF) 108 267.67 T (.) 526.97 267.67 T (OSF and USL also have technical staf) 108 251.67 T (f working to develop the technology) 320.71 251.67 T (.) 523.05 251.67 T (DRA are one of seven participants in a 3 year) 108 235.67 T (, $15 million, ESPRIT project) 362.73 235.67 T (known as OMI/GLUE which also includes work on developing producers) 108 219.67 T (\050compilers to ANDF\051 for Ada, Fortran, C++ and a functional language as) 108 203.67 T (well as work on validation, TDF tools and extending TDF for parallelism.) 108 187.67 T (OSF and USL are working with ISVs to demonstrate the viability of the) 108 159.67 T (ANDF approach to shrink wrapping existing applications.) 108 143.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "8" 9 %%Page: "9" 9 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (Backgr) 108 736.84 T (ound to ANDF) 132.73 736.84 T (, TDF and DRA) 182.19 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (9 of 23) 511.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 0 14 Q 0 X ( 1.8 Is TDF an open speci\336cation?) 108 710.67 T 2 F (The speci\336cation of TDF is freely available from DRA. All the Intellectual) 108 681.67 T (Property contained in the TDF speci\336cation is in the Public Domain. DRA) 108 665.67 T (takes no royalties for any use of the speci\336cation. The TDF encoding as a) 108 649.67 T (bitstream is also in the public domain as is software for encoding and) 108 633.67 T (decoding TDF) 108 617.67 T (. The other TDF tools \050which are proprietary\051 work from a) 188.11 617.67 T (central database that speci\336es TDF - this database is also in the public) 108 601.67 T (domain.) 108 585.67 T 0 F ( 1.9 Who contr) 108 533.67 T (ols TDF?) 196.36 533.67 T 2 F (TDF is a technology owned and controlled by the DRA. It forms the basis) 108 504.67 T (of the OSF\325) 108 488.67 T (s ANDF technology) 173.3 488.67 T (. USL and OSF have publicly announced) 285.1 488.67 T (that they will support the same speci\336cation. The latest versions of TDF and) 108 472.67 T (ANDF are identical.) 108 456.67 T (DRA intends to submit TDF\325) 108 428.67 T (s de\336nition to an internationally recognized) 271.26 428.67 T (standards process once TDF has proven its viability in the market place. At) 108 412.67 T (such time DRA will cede control of the TDF speci\336cation to the appropriate) 108 396.67 T (standards body/bodies.) 108 380.67 T 0 F ( 1.10 Has ANDF been oversold?) 108 328.67 T 2 F (Many of the properties of ANDF \050the concept\051 are now inextricably linked) 108 299.67 T (to the properties of TDF \050an ANDF technology\051. Until OSF had selected) 108 283.67 T (TDF it was dif) 108 267.67 T (\336cult to say exactly what were the expected properties of) 189.76 267.67 T (ANDF and this did lead to some confusion. It is now clear that ANDF as) 108 251.67 T (implemented by TDF is much more than just a distribution format - it is also) 108 235.67 T (an aid in recasting applications in shrink-wrapped form, and it is also an) 108 219.67 T (architecture-neutral medium for creating header \336les for APIs.) 108 203.67 T (Some complex issues may have been oversimpli\336ed, such as the issue of) 108 175.67 T (reverse-engineering ANDF) 108 159.67 T (. The latest documentation from DRA and OSF) 259.58 159.67 T (avoids such oversimpli\336cations.) 108 143.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "9" 10 %%Page: "10" 10 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (Commer) 108 736.84 T (cial Aspects) 138.05 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (10 of 23) 506.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 108 700.98 540 704 C 90 702.49 558 702.49 2 L 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X 0 K N 0 0 612 792 C 3 16 Q 0 X 0 K (2. Commercial Aspects) 108 709.33 T 0 14 Q (2.1 How can I get hold of TDF?) 108 653.64 T 2 F (Software availability is currently through the OSF snapshot program, for) 108 624.64 T (further details contact Andy Johnson at the OSF Research Institute at 1) 108 608.64 T (Cambridge Center) 108 592.64 T (, Cambridge MA, USA. email: andyj@osf.or) 210.42 592.64 T (g) 462.08 592.64 T (DRA are also looking into possible mechanisms for distributing a) 108 564.64 T (developers kit.) 108 548.64 T 0 F ( 2.2 What TDF softwar) 108 496.64 T (e is available?) 245.71 496.64 T 2 F (DRA are maintaining installers for MIPS, 680X0, 80X86 and SP) 108 467.64 T (ARC. OSF) 470.11 467.64 T (has had an RS 6000 installer developed under contract. A TDF producer) 108 451.64 T (from ANSI C and other dialects has also been written. A TDF linker) 108 435.64 T (program, TDF pretty-printer) 108 419.64 T (, TDF installation manager and a compiler) 266.38 419.64 T (interface to UNIX, known as tcc, are also implemented. There are) 108 403.64 T (architecture neutral C header \336les for POSIX, XPG3 and SVID3. This) 108 387.64 T (software has been suf) 108 371.64 T (\336cient to allow the shrink-wrapping of \322real-life\323) 228.59 371.64 T (applications such as Informix\325) 108 355.64 T (s W) 277.05 355.64 T (ingz product.) 298.64 355.64 T 0 F ( 2.3 What r) 108 303.64 T (eal-life experience is ther) 175.37 303.64 T (e in using ANDF?) 323.94 303.64 T 2 F (DRA has successfully transferred the installer technology out of the lab -) 108 274.64 T (the Sun SP) 108 258.64 T (ARC installer was written under contract to DRA and achieved) 168.14 258.64 T (better performance tar) 108 242.64 T (gets than the installers written in-house. OSF have) 232.07 242.64 T (ported and demonstrated Informix\325) 108 226.64 T (s\325 W) 303.47 226.64 T (ingz \050TM\051 on ANDF) 329.72 226.64 T (. USL and OSF) 445.58 226.64 T (are collaborating on an ISV program to encourage ports of major) 108 210.64 T (commercial applications to ANDF on SVR4.2, starting with Oracle, and) 108 194.64 T (DRA supports and assists in this important area. In addition DRA and OSF) 108 178.64 T (are working to shrink wrap a number of public domain applications such as) 108 162.64 T (the Postgres database.) 108 146.64 T (The TDF software has been successfully tested on a lar) 108 118.64 T (ge body of software,) 416.67 118.64 T (which includes:) 108 102.64 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "10" 11 %%Page: "11" 11 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (ANDF and ISVs) 108 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (11 of 23) 506.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 5 12 Q 0 X (\245) 108 712 T (bootstrapping the TDF software) 121.54 712 T (\245) 108 686 T (the Plum-Hall test suite) 121.54 686 T (\245) 108 660 T (the Perennial test suite) 121.54 660 T (\245) 108 634 T (SPEC C Benchmarks) 121.54 634 T (\245) 108 608 T (Motif Window Manager) 121.54 608 T (\245) 108 582 T (Gnu Emacs) 121.54 582 T (\245) 108 556 T (Wingz) 121.54 556 T (\245) 108 530 T (Perl) 121.54 530 T (\245) 108 504 T (gcc 2.2.2) 121.54 504 T (\245) 108 478 T (T) 121.54 478 T (eX and Metafont) 127.53 478 T (\245) 108 452 T (X\336g) 121.54 452 T (\245) 108 426 T (X1) 121.54 426 T (1R5) 135.32 426 T (\245) 108 400 T (Modula 3 to C compiler) 121.54 400 T (\245) 108 374 T (Postgres) 121.54 374 T (\245) 108 348 T (GhostScript) 121.54 348 T (\245) 108 322 T (Bison) 121.54 322 T 108 262.98 540 266 C 90 264.49 558 264.49 2 L 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X 0 K N 0 0 612 792 C 3 16 Q 0 X 0 K (3. ANDF and ISVs) 108 271.33 T 0 14 Q (3.1 Does ANDF pr) 108 215.64 T (otect pr) 217.34 215.64 T (oprietary information as well as binary does?) 263.32 215.64 T 2 F (There are two separate issues that should be distinguished when discussing) 108 186.64 T (the reverse engineering of ANDF:) 108 170.64 T (\0501\051 how easy is the process of reverse engineering?) 108 142.64 T (\0502\051 how understandable an output can be produced from a reverse) 108 114.64 T (engineering process or tool?) 108 98.64 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "11" 12 %%Page: "12" 12 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (ANDF and ISVs) 108 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (12 of 23) 506.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 2 14 Q 0 X (ANDF is such an attractive tar) 108 710.67 T (get to reverse engineer that we would expect) 278.34 710.67 T (reverse engineering tools to become available, regardless of how dif) 108 694.67 T (\336cult it) 489.33 694.67 T (is to produce such tools. This makes point \0501\051 above irrelevant \050in fact TDF) 108 678.67 T (is somewhat easier to reverse engineer than a binary\051. The important fact is) 108 662.67 T (that the quality of information recoverable from TDF is very similar to that) 108 646.67 T (recoverable from binary - rearranged source text without identi\336ers \050what) 108 630.67 T (others have sometimes referred to as \322ugli\336ed\323 or \322shrouded\323 source\051. It) 108 614.67 T (would certainly be possible to scramble the ANDF to make it even uglier) 108 598.67 T (. If) 516.84 598.67 T (an ISV does not regard this as adequate protection we would suggest that) 108 582.67 T (the shrink-wrapped ANDF be converted to binaries for \336nal distribution.) 108 566.67 T 0 F ( 3.2 Does ANDF make it much easier to pirate softwar) 108 514.67 T (e?) 429.89 514.67 T 2 F (A shrink-wrapped application in ANDF can obviously be pirated to many) 108 485.67 T (platforms. W) 108 469.67 T (e would expect that many ISVs will use licensing control) 180.72 469.67 T (software to protect against such theft. This is an issue that the industry is) 108 453.67 T (already grappling with - ANDF just makes it more ur) 108 437.67 T (gent that workable) 405.83 437.67 T (solutions be widely implemented.) 108 421.67 T 0 F ( 3.3 How will ANDF affect an ISV\325) 108 369.67 T (s ability to do differ) 314.23 369.67 T (ential pricing?) 431.36 369.67 T 2 F (This is already an issue that the industry faces. In machine ranges which are) 108 340.67 T (binary compatible it is already common for licenses fees to vary for the) 108 324.67 T (same binary distribution \050license fees being tied to processor power) 108 308.67 T (,) 485.55 308.67 T (numbers of concurrent users etc.\051.) 108 292.67 T 0 F ( 3.4 How does an ISV ensur) 108 184.67 T (e quality if a customer can run an ANDF) 272.17 184.67 T (pr) 108 167.67 T (ogram on a machine on which the ISV has not tested it?) 121.74 167.67 T 2 F (It is likely that as applications start to be shipped in ANDF that they will) 108 138.67 T (have been tested by the ISV on many tar) 108 122.67 T (gets. The machines that the) 334.69 122.67 T (application has been tested on can be listed on the packaging and the) 108 106.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "12" 13 %%Page: "13" 13 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (ANDF and ISVs) 108 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (13 of 23) 506.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 2 14 Q 0 X (product need not be warranted for use on any others. As new architectures) 108 710.67 T (come onto the market, the system vendor will wish to provide an installer) 108 694.67 T (,) 519.01 694.67 T (so that ANDF applications are available to customers. The onus will then be) 108 678.67 T (on the installer writer to ensure that it is a robust and validated product. The) 108 662.67 T (situation is analogous to the PC world where software developers cannot) 108 646.67 T (test on every PC clone that exists but are con\336dent, through testing on the) 108 630.67 T (most important in the market, that the product is likely to work on most) 108 614.67 T (clones.) 108 598.67 T 0 F ( 3.5 W) 108 546.67 T (ill ANDF r) 146.23 546.67 T (educe testing costs?) 209.71 546.67 T 2 F (Even if speci\336c platform testing by ISVs continues the ISVs\325 testing costs) 108 517.67 T (could still be signi\336cantly reduced. T) 108 501.67 T (esting costs are related to the number) 315.34 501.67 T (of problems encountered during testing and are often due to compiler bugs) 108 485.67 T (or dif) 108 469.67 T (ferent interpretations of the high-level programming language being) 138.45 469.67 T (compiled. ANDF can reduce these costs through the use of a single) 108 453.67 T (compiler front-end - the producer - for a particular language. The installer) 108 437.67 T (,) 520.87 437.67 T (which translates ANDF to code, has much simpler syntax and semantics to) 108 421.67 T (contend with than for C, so the validation of installer semantics should be) 108 405.67 T (easier and more reliable than relying on the consistency and robustness of) 108 389.67 T (dif) 108 373.67 T (ferent C compilers. Also a lar) 123.29 373.67 T (ge body of shrink-wrapped applications will) 288.58 373.67 T (make it easy to test new installers.) 108 357.67 T 0 F ( 3.6 If a shrink-wrapped application fails who does the customer blame?) 108 305.67 T 2 F (This question was addressed by question 3.4. The issue with ANDF is) 108 276.67 T (exactly analogous to that faced by suppliers of PC software, and that has not) 108 260.67 T (stopped ISVs from marketing PC software - indeed the possibility of) 108 244.67 T (shipping shrink-wrapped applications is often quoted as the reason for the) 108 228.67 T (strength of the PC market.) 108 212.67 T 0 F ( 3.7 How long does installation take?) 108 160.67 T 2 F (Installation time, for an application, is generally somewhat less than the) 108 131.67 T (compile time for a native compiler) 108 115.67 T (. On gcc, from the SPEC tests,) 301.15 115.67 T (installation time varies between 32% and 83% of native compile time on) 108 99.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "13" 14 %%Page: "14" 14 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (ANDF and ISVs) 108 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (14 of 23) 506.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 2 14 Q 0 X (DRA) 108 710.67 T (\325) 135.99 710.67 T (s installers for 386, HP-P) 139.87 710.67 T (A, MIPS, SP) 279.67 710.67 T (ARC and V) 350.7 710.67 T (AX architectures. An) 414.96 710.67 T (example from the W) 108 694.67 T (ingz application is that a complete build from source on) 222.85 694.67 T (a DecStation 3100 using the native compiler took about one hour and thirty) 108 678.67 T (minutes. An ANDF install on the same platform took approximately twenty) 108 662.67 T (one minutes.) 108 646.67 T (For many users / applications the install time will not be a problem. If it is) 108 618.67 T (there are a number of possible solutions:) 108 602.67 T 5 12 Q (\245) 108 576 T (installation may be run as a background task \050on an operating system that) 121.54 576 T (permits multi-tasking\051.) 121.54 562 T (\245) 108 536 T (installation may be done overnight.) 121.54 536 T (\245) 108 510 T (binary distribution may be available \050possibly at extra cost from a software) 121.54 510 T (distributor\051. CD-ROMs may provide a convenient mechanism for marketing) 121.54 496 T (binary versions of applications, as might ISDNs.) 121.54 482 T (\245) 108 456 T (if a user is part of a network, there may be a node that has responsibility for) 121.54 456 T (turning ANDF applications into binaries for other users on the network.) 121.54 442 T 0 14 Q ( 3.8 How large is the distributed TDF compar) 108 390.67 T (ed to binary?) 379.42 390.67 T 2 F (This depends on the nature of the machine. On CISC machines the) 108 361.67 T (distributed TDF is around twice the size of the binary) 108 345.67 T (. On RISC machines) 406.72 345.67 T (the distributed TDF \050same size as on CISC machines!\051 is around 1.4 times) 108 329.67 T (the size of the corresponding binary produced by the native compiler) 108 313.67 T (. This) 492.72 313.67 T (\336gure assumes that architecture neutral headers are being used - if existing) 108 297.67 T (header \336les are used the size of distributed ANDF can increase by up to) 108 281.67 T (50% for some applications.) 108 265.67 T 0 F ( 3.9 What ar) 108 213.67 T (e the performance costs of using TDF?) 182.37 213.67 T 2 F (DRA has demonstrated that the run-time performance of applications) 108 184.67 T (compiled from C through TDF can be made comparable and in some cases) 108 168.67 T (faster than for applications compiled through native compilers. The) 108 152.67 T (information in the source language required to do code optimization is) 108 136.67 T (preserved in TDF allowing the fullest range of code optimization algorithms) 108 120.67 T (to be used. The performance of existing implementations is given in the) 108 104.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "14" 15 %%Page: "15" 15 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (ANDF and System V) 108 736.84 T (endors) 178.55 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (15 of 23) 506.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 2 14 Q 0 X (document \324TDF Facts and Figures\325. All installer implementations are) 108 710.67 T (currently within 5% of the performance of native compilers as measured on) 108 694.67 T (the SPEC tests.) 108 678.67 T (ANDF has signi\336cant economic advantages which may lead to performance) 108 650.67 T (improvements - the cost of tuning an installer potentially bene\336ts all the) 108 634.67 T (programming languages that compile to ANDF; also the ef) 108 618.67 T (fort in tuning an) 437.31 618.67 T (installer for one machine may bene\336t other installers \050many optimizations) 108 602.67 T (can be expressed portably as TDF-to-TDF transformations\051.) 108 586.67 T 0 F ( 3.10 How long does it take to shrink-wrap an existing application?) 108 534.67 T 2 F (There is as yet limited experience as to how much ef) 108 505.67 T (fort a software) 402.3 505.67 T (developer should expect to have to expend in such a recasting. OSF\325) 108 489.67 T (s) 490.4 489.67 T (experience shrink wrapping Informix\325) 108 473.67 T (s W) 320.56 473.67 T (ingz \050TM\051 product and DRA) 342.15 473.67 T (\325) 501.48 473.67 T (s) 505.37 473.67 T (experience shrink wrapping public domain applications suggests that the) 108 457.67 T (creation of a shrink wrapped version of an application takes roughly the) 108 441.67 T (same amount of time as doing a port to a new platform. Once an application) 108 425.67 T (has been shrink-wrapped, its ability to run on a given platform is) 108 409.67 T (constrained only by the availability on that platform of implementations of) 108 393.67 T (all the portability interfaces which the application requires.) 108 377.67 T 108 317.98 540 321 C 90 319.49 558 319.49 2 L 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X 0 K N 0 0 612 792 C 3 16 Q 0 X 0 K (4. ANDF and System V) 108 326.33 T (endors) 260.38 326.33 T 0 14 Q (4.1 How much effort does it take to implement a new installer?) 108 270.64 T 2 F (The TDF technology is designed to allow new high-performance installers) 108 241.64 T (to be implemented economically) 108 225.64 T (. T) 290.14 225.64 T (o achieve this as many optimizations as) 304.7 225.64 T (possible - both universally applicable optimizations and machine speci\336c) 108 209.64 T (ones - are carried out as TDF-to-TDF transformations. As a measure of the) 108 193.64 T (ef) 108 177.64 T (fort to produce a new installer: the existing SP) 118.62 177.64 T (ARC installer was) 376.95 177.64 T (implemented by a DRA contractor to a level where it equals the) 108 161.64 T (performance of the best C compilers on a SUN SparcStation in one staf) 108 145.64 T (f-) 507.24 145.64 T (year) 108 129.64 T (. The implementation was performed by an experienced compiler writer) 131.31 129.64 T (who was familiar with SP) 108 113.64 T (ARC but who had not worked with TDF before.) 251.29 113.64 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "15" 16 %%Page: "16" 16 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (ANDF and System V) 108 736.84 T (endors) 178.55 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (16 of 23) 506.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 2 14 Q 0 X (The implementation was produced at a site remote from DRA with less than) 108 710.67 T (a week\325) 108 694.67 T (s consultancy from DRA.) 151.12 694.67 T 0 F (4.2 How has DRA matched the performance of compilers which have) 108 642.67 T (taken many tens of staff-years to develop \050for example the MIPS) 108 625.67 T (compiler on the DecStation and the native compiler on the 80x86) 108 608.67 T (running SVR4.2\051 with installers that have only taken one or two staff-) 108 591.67 T (years to develop?) 108 574.67 T 2 F (W) 108 545.67 T (e cannot know for sure but the following factors may be relevant:) 120.09 545.67 T 5 12 Q (\245) 108 519 T (the approach adopted by DRA is a conventional engineering approach \050it is) 121.54 519 T (not an automated code generator technology\051 which reuses large amounts of) 121.54 505 T (code between installers. This means that:) 121.54 491 T 2 10 Q (\245) 126 468 T 2 12 Q ( as much of 70% of a new installer is re-used code) 144 468 T 2 10 Q (\245) 126 444 T 2 12 Q ( the installer being hand-crafted is easy to tune) 144 444 T 2 10 Q (\245) 126 420 T 2 12 Q ( the installer implementation is small enough be done by one person \050a very) 144 420 T (ef) 144 405 T (\336cient method of working\051.) 153.1 405 T 5 F (\245) 108 378 T (the staf) 121.54 378 T (f used to implement the installers were very experienced and shared) 160.66 378 T (experiences within a close-knit community) 121.54 364 T (.) 344.59 364 T (\245) 108 338 T (DRA implementors had access to existing high-performance compilers which) 121.54 338 T (showed a large number of the optimizations which had to be implemented.) 121.54 324 T 0 14 Q ( 4.3 Do you have to use DRA technology to cr) 108 272.67 T (eate a new TDF installer?) 377.07 272.67 T 2 F (No. As far as existing code-generator technologies are concerned TDF is) 108 243.67 T (just another language - hence existing techniques can be used to implement) 108 227.67 T (a TDF installer) 108 211.67 T (. The only reason to use DRA) 191.95 211.67 T (\325) 357.12 211.67 T (s technology is economic - is it) 361.01 211.67 T (cheaper to use our technology than some other?) 108 195.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "16" 17 %%Page: "17" 17 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (ANDF and End Users) 108 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (17 of 23) 506.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 108 700.98 540 704 C 90 702.49 558 702.49 2 L 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X 0 K N 0 0 612 792 C 3 16 Q 0 X 0 K (5. ANDF and End Users) 108 709.33 T 0 14 Q (5.1 How much will it cost?) 108 653.64 T 2 F (The pricing of TDF is a matter for the commercial or) 108 624.64 T (ganizations which) 404.64 624.64 T (license the technology from DRA.) 108 608.64 T 0 F ( 5.2 Does ANDF help me with the pr) 108 556.64 T (oblem of legacy systems?) 323.44 556.64 T 2 F (ANDF is not a \322magic bullet\323. It does not mandate portability) 108 527.64 T (. This means) 453.37 527.64 T (that ANDF is not a magical solution to the problems of legacy software.) 108 511.64 T (Y) 108 495.64 T (ou cannot just run a non-portable application through the ANDF) 116.7 495.64 T -0.01 (technology and expect to produce a portable ANDF version. The advantages) 108 479.64 P (of using ANDF are obtained by re-casting the software into shrink-wrapped) 108 463.64 T (form.) 108 447.64 T (Much legacy software is written in legacy programming languages) 108 419.64 T (\050languages that are no longer popular and hence dif) 108 403.64 T (\336cult to obtain compilers) 395.29 403.64 T (for\051. ANDF provides a means of implementing a portable compiler for a) 108 387.64 T (legacy language which will generate code to run on all the computers that) 108 371.64 T (have ANDF installers \050within the limits of the portability of the application) 108 355.64 T (being compiled\051. For some legacy languages it may be an economic) 108 339.64 T (proposition to produce an ANDF producer) 108 323.64 T (. This may lead to increased) 345.45 323.64 T (longevity for some legacy languages.) 108 307.64 T 108 247.95 540 250.98 C 90 249.47 558 249.47 2 L 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X 0 K N 0 0 612 792 C 3 16 Q 0 X 0 K (6. T) 108 256.31 T (echnical questions) 132.29 256.31 T 0 14 Q (6.1 Is ANDF tied to UNIX?) 108 200.62 T 2 F (ANDF itself is independent of operating system and will help create and) 108 171.62 T (distribute shrink-wrapped software for any well de\336ned API. OSF\325) 108 155.62 T (s) 482.24 155.62 T (motivation in creating the ANDF concept was to turn the UNIX software) 108 139.62 T (market which is currently heterogeneous with respect to processor) 108 123.62 T (architecture into a homogeneous ANDF market. USL) 108 107.62 T (\325) 406.33 107.62 T (s interest is to create a) 410.22 107.62 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "17" 18 %%Page: "18" 18 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (T) 108 736.84 T (echnical questions) 112.6 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (18 of 23) 506.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 2 14 Q 0 X (homogeneous software market for UNIX SVR4.2. As a result the majority) 108 710.67 T (of DRA) 108 694.67 T (\325) 151.14 694.67 T (s implementations of TDF software are for UNIX based machines.) 155.03 694.67 T (The TDF software has also been ported to MSDOS \050with DOS extender\051) 108 678.67 T (which supports the ANSI C library) 108 662.67 T (, and a port to OpenVMS has also been) 302.58 662.67 T (started.) 108 646.67 T 0 F ( 6.2 How does ANDF r) 108 594.67 T (elate to APIs?) 242.21 594.67 T 2 F (APIs are extremely relevant to the ANDF scenario for application) 108 565.67 T (development, porting and distribution. T) 108 549.67 T (o distribute an application to many) 334 549.67 T (machines using ANDF requires the use of suitable portability guidelines.) 108 533.67 T (ANDF has features designed to allow the representation of the interfaces) 108 517.67 T (required for portability) 108 501.67 T (. These might be established APIs such as Posix,) 235.33 501.67 T (XPG3, SVID3, the AES etc. or they might be interfaces created by an ISV) 108 485.67 T (.) 522.77 485.67 T (TDF contains a notion called \322tokenisation\323. This is the ability of TDF to) 108 457.67 T (represent program as a TDF tree any part of which can be represented by a) 108 441.67 T (symbol called a \322token\323. The token can represent any part of the program) 108 425.67 T (detail \050e.g. a type, a part of a type, a procedure, a macro, an expression or) 108 409.67 T (part of an expression, etc.\051 which is architecture speci\336c. After distribution) 108 393.67 T (the token can have an appropriate architecture speci\336c piece of TDF tree) 108 377.67 T (supplied as its de\336nition. This provides a natural mechanism whereby the) 108 361.67 T (architecture neutral information inherent in the API is abstracted and forms) 108 345.67 T (the portability interface to the application.) 108 329.67 T (Once an application has been shrink wrapped in ANDF it can run) 108 301.67 T (unchanged on any computer that correctly implements the portability) 108 285.67 T (interface that the application is designed to use. This means that API) 108 269.67 T (conformance is of critical importance. Shrink wrapped applications will) 108 253.67 T (provide practical tests of API conformance. The applications that have been) 108 237.67 T (shrink-wrapped have already shown up a number of subtle errors in some) 108 221.67 T (existing implementations of APIs.) 108 205.67 T 0 F ( 6.3 How does ANDF r) 108 153.67 T (elate to ABIs?) 242.21 153.67 T 2 F (ABIs de\336ne a machine level tar) 108 124.67 T (get for compilers to ensure software) 284.55 124.67 T (compatibility for a single processor family) 108 108.67 T (. ANDF de\336nes a machine-) 345.32 108.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "18" 19 %%Page: "19" 19 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (T) 108 736.84 T (echnical questions) 112.6 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (19 of 23) 506.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 2 14 Q 0 X (independent tar) 108 710.67 T (get for compilers to ensure software portability across all) 194.4 710.67 T (systems that implement ANDF and have the interfaces \050e.g. GUI\051 assumed) 108 694.67 T (by the program. An ABI is a binary compatibility interface, whereas ANDF) 108 678.67 T (provides compatibility at the functional API level - this means that an ABI) 108 662.67 T (speci\336cation must remain unchanged if existing ABI applications are still to) 108 646.67 T (work, whereas in ANDF if the API functionality is maintained then ANDF) 108 630.67 T (applications will still install properly) 108 614.67 T (.) 313.1 614.67 T (ANDF installers can use ABIs so that only one installer is needed for all) 108 586.67 T (processors that implement that ABI - hence ef) 108 570.67 T (forts to develop ABIs will) 365.39 570.67 T (continue even after the use of ANDF becomes widespread. In the future) 108 554.67 T (ANDF could remove the need for ISVs to be aware of the details dif) 108 538.67 T (ferent) 490.51 538.67 T (ABIs. This would allow much easier introduction of new processor features,) 108 522.67 T (such as superscaling, because the need to preserve upwards compatibility in) 108 506.67 T (the ABI would no longer exist.) 108 490.67 T 0 F ( 6.4 How does ANDF r) 108 438.67 T (elate to distribution of multiple binaries on CD-) 242.21 438.67 T (ROM?) 108 421.67 T 2 F (ANDF is an advanced porting tool as well as a distribution format. The use) 108 392.67 T (of multiple binaries on a CD-ROM may reduce the packaging and) 108 376.67 T (distribution costs for ISVs but has no impact on portability or testing) 108 360.67 T -0.01 (problems. For each new architecture supported, a new CD-ROM needs to be) 108 344.67 P (issued - an application distributed in ANDF can be installed on any machine) 108 328.67 T (with an installer) 108 312.67 T (.) 197.4 312.67 T (W) 108 284.67 T (e expect that ANDF will co-exist with binary distribution and that CD-) 120.09 284.67 T (ROMs may be used to distribute binaries of the most popular shrink-) 108 268.67 T (wrapped applications to avoid the overhead of longer installation times.) 108 252.67 T 0 F ( 6.5 How does ANDF r) 108 200.67 T (elate to using shr) 242.21 200.67 T (ouded C for distribution?) 343.41 200.67 T 2 F (Shrouded C is just a distribution mechanism - it has none of the other) 108 171.67 T (properties of ANDF to aid in the creation of shrink-wrapped software, or) 108 155.67 T (the description of portability interfaces.) 108 139.67 T (Comparing Shrouded C and ANDF purely on the basis of distribution) 108 111.67 T (formats:) 108 95.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "19" 20 %%Page: "20" 20 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (T) 108 736.84 T (echnical questions) 112.6 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (20 of 23) 506.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 5 12 Q 0 X (\245) 108 712 T (Shrouded C gives only limited support to users of other programming) 121.54 712 T (languages \050compilers to C from other languages are often far from optimal\051.) 121.54 698 T (TDF was designed as a multi-lingual ANDF so should be much better) 121.54 684 T (.) 488.14 684 T (\245) 108 658 T (Shrouded C requires a user site to have a full Software Developers Kit, whilst) 121.54 658 T (the ANDF installation environment is likely to be bundled at no extra charge.) 121.54 644 T (\245) 108 618 T (installer availability for Shrouded C is no problem) 121.54 618 T (\245) 108 592 T (protection of proprietary information is similar) 121.54 592 T (\245) 108 566 T (size of distributed applications is similar) 121.54 566 T (\245) 108 540 T (installation times favor ANDF) 121.54 540 T (\245) 108 514 T (run-time performance is similar) 121.54 514 T (\245) 108 488 T (tools to support the installation process tend to be primitive in conventional C) 121.54 488 T (compilers) 121.54 474 T (\245) 108 448 T (ANDF users get the bene\336t of using the same producer for all targets) 121.54 448 T (\050reduced exposure to compiler incompatibilities and bugs\051) 121.54 434 T 0 14 Q ( 6.6 Is ANDF a C oriented technology?) 108 382.67 T 2 F (At the present, the only compiler front-end for TDF is for C \050ANSI and) 108 353.67 T (other dialects\051. A great deal of ef) 108 337.67 T (fort has gone into ensuring that ANDF can) 292.31 337.67 T (be used as an intermediate language in \322conventional\323 compilers for) 108 321.67 T (languages other than C. Implementing the C front-end for TDF exposed a) 108 305.67 T (number of issues that related to the production of architecture-neutral) 108 289.67 T (ANDF) 108 273.67 T (. There are parts of the semantic de\336nition of C, such as the precise) 144.97 273.67 T (de\336nition of some integer promotions, which depend on the tar) 108 257.67 T (get. In) 460.63 257.67 T (addition, ANSI C was extended with a new pragma \050called \322#pragma) 108 241.67 T (token\323\051 which allows software developers access to ANDF\325) 108 225.67 T (s features for) 442.57 225.67 T (describing portability interfaces. These issues have been satisfactorily) 108 209.67 T (resolved for C, but a similar exercise would have to undertaken for other) 108 193.67 T (languages if they are intended for use in producing shrink-wrapped) 108 177.67 T (applications. W) 108 161.67 T (ork is underway to write producers from several important) 194.71 161.67 T (high-level languages.) 108 145.67 T (See also the answer to question 6.7.) 108 117.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "20" 21 %%Page: "21" 21 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (T) 108 736.84 T (echnical questions) 112.6 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (21 of 23) 506.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 0 14 Q 0 X ( 6.7 W) 108 710.67 T (ill ANDF collapse as mor) 146.23 710.67 T (e languages and targets ar) 295.22 710.67 T (e consider) 451.2 710.67 T (ed) 511.19 710.67 T (\050r) 108 693.67 T (emember UNCOL\051?) 118.62 693.67 T 2 F (The problem with earlier attempts at a \324universal\325 compiler intermediate) 108 664.67 T (languages \050IL\051 were they were de\336ned at the level of the tar) 108 648.67 T (get machine) 442.29 648.67 T (architectures. If a new architecture needed to be supported that was) 108 632.67 T (radically dif) 108 616.67 T (ferent from the baseline for the IL, lar) 175.75 616.67 T (ge penalties in) 387.65 616.67 T (performance were paid in ef) 108 600.67 T (fectively doing the binary to binary conversion.) 265.48 600.67 T (TDF is not a pseudo-code which represents machine instructions for some) 108 572.67 T (abstract stack or register computer) 108 556.67 T (. Its de\336nition is an abstraction of) 299.96 556.67 T (programming languages not computer architectures. It is a tree-structured) 108 540.67 T (intermediate language containing abstractions for common programming) 108 524.67 T (language concepts such a data structures, procedures, numbers,) 108 508.67 T (conditionals, loops, labels, jumps etc. The intention in TDF is to retain all) 108 492.67 T (the information in the programming language being compiled to TDF which) 108 476.67 T (can then be used by code optimizers in the installers. In this way it is) 108 460.67 T (equally applicable to any new architecture as to any existing ones. If you) 108 444.67 T (can ef) 108 428.67 T (\336ciently compile C to an architecture then you can implement a TDF) 141.54 428.67 T (installer with equal ef) 108 412.67 T (\336ciency) 229.38 412.67 T (.) 272.77 412.67 T (TDF constructs have been carefully designed so as to be able to) 108 384.67 T (accommodate the particular variants found in dif) 108 368.67 T (ferent programming) 380.54 368.67 T (languages. However) 108 352.67 T (, TDF cannot guarantee coverage of new programming) 221.67 352.67 T (languages as it can for new architectures. New languages might contain) 108 336.67 T (novel features that are not ef) 108 320.67 T (\336ciently implementable using existing features) 267.44 320.67 T (of TDF) 108 304.67 T (.) 148.47 304.67 T (DRA have undertaken extensive research to try to ensure that TDF is an) 108 276.67 T (ef) 108 260.67 T (\336cient tar) 118.62 260.67 T (get for the conventional compilation of many of today\325) 171.61 260.67 T (s most) 478.63 260.67 T (common languages - C++, Cobol, Fortran, Ada, Lisp, Pascal etc. and) 108 244.67 T (several new producers are now being written. It is likely that the) 108 228.67 T (implementation of producers for programming languages other than C will) 108 212.67 T (expose new features that would enhance the ef) 108 196.67 T (\336ciency of the run-time code) 368.47 196.67 T (for these new languages - it is likely that such extensions can be added in an) 108 180.67 T (upwards compatible manner) 108 164.67 T (, but this cannot be guaranteed.) 265.99 164.67 T (At the current time the only compiler front-end for TDF is for C \050ANSI and) 108 136.67 T (other dialects\051. Implementing the C front-end for TDF exposed a number of) 108 120.67 T (issues that related to the production of architecture-neutral ANDF) 108 104.67 T (. There are) 475.27 104.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "21" 22 %%Page: "22" 22 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 45 414 61.12 R 7 X 0 K V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions and Answers) 108 54.45 T 108 726.98 540 742.18 R 7 X V 0 8 Q 0 X (T) 108 736.84 T (echnical questions) 112.6 736.84 T 432 45 540 61.12 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (22 of 23) 506.69 54.45 T 108 756 540 756 2 L 7 X V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 81 540 81 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 2 14 Q 0 X (parts of the semantic de\336nition of C, such as the precise de\336nition of some) 108 710.67 T (integer promotions, which depend on the tar) 108 694.67 T (get. In addition, ANSI C was) 355.3 694.67 T (extended with the \322#pragma token\323 facility to allow software developers) 108 678.67 T (access to TDF\325) 108 662.67 T (s features for describing portability interfaces. These issues) 191.94 662.67 T (have been satisfactorily resolved for C, but a similar exercise would have to) 108 646.67 T (undertaken for other languages if they are intended for use in producing) 108 630.67 T (shrink-wrapped applications.) 108 614.67 T 0 F ( 6.8 W) 108 562.67 T (ill operating systems be compiled using ANDF?) 146.23 562.67 T 2 F (TDF is a highly portable, highly optimized compiler technology and is) 108 533.67 T (therefore very well suited to compiling or bootstrapping operating systems.) 108 517.67 T (As TDF need not represent purely architecture neutral information, it is) 108 501.67 T (possible for the operating system vendor to use TDF as a \324normal\325 compiler) 108 485.67 T (and therefore avoid the need to shrink-wrap the operating system. It may) 108 469.67 T (take a while before operating system suppliers have enough con\336dence in) 108 453.67 T (the TDF technology to throw out their existing bootstrap compilers - until) 108 437.67 T (then TDF will exist alongside existing native compilers.) 108 421.67 T 0 F ( 6.9 Is TDF suitable for parallel computers?) 108 369.67 T 2 F (It depends what programming language is being used to program the) 108 340.67 T (parallel computer) 108 324.67 T (. If a conventional programming language is being used) 205.54 324.67 T (\050such a C or Fortran\051 then TDF preserves enough information to allow a) 108 308.67 T (paralysing installer to generate as ef) 108 292.67 T (\336cient code as that produced by a) 309.42 292.67 T (compiler direct from the language to the parallel computer) 108 276.67 T (. TDF does not) 434.43 276.67 T (contain any explicit parallel constructs so a parallel language \050such as high-) 108 260.67 T (performance Fortran\051 would need to compile to TDF that has been extended) 108 244.67 T (with tokens that represent the parallel constructs in the parallel language. If) 108 228.67 T (a de-facto standard emer) 108 212.67 T (ges in parallel programming languages then it) 245.67 212.67 T (should be possible to de\336ne a standard extension to TDF to represent a) 108 196.67 T (standard model of parallel processing.) 108 180.67 T (There is an active research program at DRA, OSF and within Esprit that is) 108 152.67 T (studying this topic.) 108 136.67 T FMENDPAGE %%EndPage: "22" 23 %%Page: "23" 23 612 792 0 FMBEGINPAGE 108 753.98 540 756 2 L 7 X 0 K V 0.25 H 2 Z 0 X N 108 72 540 74.02 2 L 7 X V 0 X N 108 46.88 324 63 R 7 X V 0 10 Q 0 X (Questions \050and Answers\051) 108 56.33 T (page) 486.7 56.33 T 3 ( 23) 506.69 56.33 S (of) 528.18 56.33 T 3 ( 23) 536.51 56.33 S 351 46.88 540 63 R 7 X V 0 X (23 of 23) 506.69 56.33 T 108 90 540 720 R 7 X V 0 12 Q 0 X (For further information please contact:) 216 648 T (Dr) 216 616 T (. 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