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<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your reply.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>But still confused WHY CPP.EXE IS REQUIRED AT RUNTIME ?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(Note that, I can build gromacs without cpp.exe with MS VS
2005, but while running applications like mdrun, it looks for cpp.exe <span
style='font-family:Wingdings'>L</span>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#4BACC6'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#4BACC6'>Thank You;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:#4BACC6'>URPradhan At
Gmail Dot Com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>David van der Spoel wrote:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>><i> Utkal Ranjan Pradhan wrote:<o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i> Friends<o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i> As I know cpp.exe is a GNU port for C Preprocessor for Windows and <o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i> which is required to compile the Gromacs code.<o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i> But I’m confused, Why it is required during runtime of Gromacs <o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i> applications ?<o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i> And I have the Win32 version of cpp.exe, will it work for x64 (=Win64) ?<o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i> What is the Windows native equivalent of cpp.exe ? Is it cl.exe ?<o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i><o:p> </o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i> How can I remove the runtime dependency of cpp.exe for gromacs <o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>>><i> applications ?<o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>><i> by writing an implementation of the cpp and donating it to the gromacs <o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>><i> project. In fact, it wouldn't be so hard, since we are only using a few <o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>><i> features in practice:<o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>><i> #include<o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>><i> #ifdef #else #endif<o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>><i> #define<o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>><i> Please provide a simple C program that takes a file, searches for these <o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>><i> commands and does the same what the cpp does.<o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>><i> <o:p></o:p></i></pre><pre>see also<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a
href="http://wiki.gromacs.org/index.php/Cpp_replacement">http://wiki.gromacs.org/index.php/Cpp_replacement</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><o:p> </o:p></pre><pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre><pre>David van der Spoel, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Molec. Biophys. group, Dept. of Cell & Molec. Biol., Uppsala University.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Box 596, 75124 Uppsala, Sweden. Phone: +46184714205. Fax: +4618511755.<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a
href="http://www.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users">spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se</a> <a
href="http://www.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users">spoel at gromacs.org</a> <a
href="http://folding.bmc.uu.se">http://folding.bmc.uu.se</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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