# lush2

**Repository Path**: macro/lush2

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: lush2
- **Description**: https://lush.sourceforge.net/
Lush is an object-oriented programming language designed for researchers, experimenters, and engineers interested in large-scale numerical and graphic applications.
- **Primary Language**: C
- **License**: Not specified
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

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- **Created**: 2024-04-07
- **Last Updated**: 2026-04-27

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## README

README: lush2 sources on github.

*** Notes on WSL/Linux Compilation:

### Option 1: Basic compilation (without BFD support)

To compile without BFD support (basic functionality):

```bash
cd lush2
./configure --without-bfd
make
```

If you encounter line ending issues (CRLF), convert the config files first:

```bash
sed -i 's/\r$//' config/config.sub config/config.guess configure
```

After successful compilation, run the interpreter:

```bash
./src/lush2
```

Or use the wrapper script (requires proper binary directory setup):

```bash
bin/lush2
```

Note: The --without-bfd option disables the dynamic loader/linker/compiler features, but the core interpreter remains functional.

### Option 2: Full compilation with BFD support (recommended)

For full functionality including dynamic C/C++ module loading and compilation, enable BFD support.

First, install BFD development library:

- Ubuntu/Debian: `sudo apt install binutils-dev`
- Fedora/RHEL: `sudo dnf install binutils-devel`
- Arch Linux: `sudo pacman -S binutils`

Then compile with BFD support:

```bash
cd lush2
./configure
make
```

After compilation, verify BFD support is enabled:

```bash
nm src/lush2 | grep 'T dld_init'   # Should show dld_init function
./src/lush2 --help                # Should run without BFD errors
```

### Benefits of BFD support

- ✅ Dynamic loading of C/C++ modules (.so files)
- ✅ Runtime compilation of C code within Lush
- ✅ Symbol resolution and dynamic linking
- ✅ Advanced module management features

Without BFD, you can still use all Lisp features and most functionality, but dynamic C compilation and advanced module loading will not work.

*** Notes on 6 April 2012:

To reinstate support for OSX snow leopard and above, I added patches based on Apple's dyldinfo.cpp source code for reading binary bundles. The resulting patches are available under the Apple public source license, version 2, viewable in the lush2/APSL2 file and here:

http://www.opensource.apple.com/license/apsl/

To compile successfully on my Snow leopard install, I do:

$ LIBS=-lfontconfig ./configure; make

and then run in place with:

$ bin/lush2

*** Notes on 28 April 2011

Here are the sources for the lastest lush2, imported from Sourceforge, from

http://sourceforge.net/scm/?type=svn&group_id=34223

by doing:
 svn co  https://lush.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/lush/lush2 lush2

# at the time of import, these sources reflected the following svn repository,
# which we believe is the lush2 trunk lastest as of 20 March 2011.
#
# from svn info:

Path: .
URL: https://lush.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/lush/lush2
Repository Root: https://lush.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/lush
Repository UUID: b68d3702-14d2-4b18-b47c-39ed2627325e
Revision: 908
Node Kind: directory
Schedule: normal
Last Changed Author: rjuengling
Last Changed Rev: 908
Last Changed Date: 2011-03-20 16:29:13 -0500 (Sun, 20 Mar 2011)