Compiling Happycoders libsocket in Ubuntu

 Happycoders libsocket is an object oriented and platform independent socket library for C++. It has a nice structure for both tcp and udp sockets. It runs like a charm if you want to connect a server and get the content as well as listen from a port and accept the connections.

Since package maintainers published a debian package mainly for Debian and Ubuntu distros, it can easly be installed on those systems. If you use another os the solutions is to compile it yourself. However, GCC throws an error message which can be easily solved. In order to compile the package and use it with your C++ applications, first open an console and type

wget http://www.speedblue.org/conf/libsocket-1.8.tar.gz

so we have the source package downloaded. Extract the tar archive

gunzip libsocket-1.8.tar.gz
tar -xvf libsocket-1.8.tar 

Now we have a folder with a name of libsocket-1.8. Get in this folder and start the compilation process:

./configure

and then type

make

After getting some output, GCC throws an error:

make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/socket/libsocket-1.8'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/socket/libsocket-1.8/src'
Making all in tests
make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/socket/libsocket-1.8/src/tests'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/socket/libsocket-1.8/src/tests'
make[3]: Entering directory `/tmp/socket/libsocket-1.8/src'
if /bin/bash ../libtool --mode=compile g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../src    -g -O2 -Wall -ansi -pedantic -MT socket.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/socket.Tpo" \
   -c -o socket.lo `test -f 'socket.cc' || echo './'`socket.cc; \
 then mv -f ".deps/socket.Tpo" ".deps/socket.Plo"; \
 else rm -f ".deps/socket.Tpo"; exit 1; \
 fi
 g++ -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -I../src -g -O2 -Wall -ansi -pedantic -MT socket.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/socket.Tpo -c socket.cc  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/socket.o
socket.cc: In member function 'void Network::Socket::_write_str_bin(int, const string&) const':
socket.cc:238:44: error: 'memcpy' was not declared in this scope
make[3]: *** [socket.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/tmp/socket/libsocket-1.8/src'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/socket/libsocket-1.8/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/socket/libsocket-1.8'
make: *** [all] Error 2

When you look into to error message we can see the key point:

socket.cc: In member function 'void Network::Socket::_write_str_bin(int, const string&) const':
socket.cc:238:44: error: 'memcpy' was not declared in this scope

It is clear that, GCC needs memcpy to be declared before it is used. It is a function defined in the standar C package string.h and it cstring in C++. Simply open the socket.cc and add the line

#include <string.h>

and compile again. After typing the make command you will get a new error message. A part of this error message is given below:

udpsocket.cc: In member function 'virtual std::string Network::UdpSocket::_read_line_bin(int, unsigned int)':
udpsocket.cc:68:29: error: 'memset' was not declared in this scope

and this is a similar error. memset is an other standard function defined in string.h in C++ and C. Simple edit the file udpsocket and add the same header

#include <string.h>

After compiling many times, GCC will throw similar errors. To cope with this

• Include string.h in socket.cc
• Include string.h in udpsocket.cc
• Include string.h in tcpsocket.cc
• Include string.h and stddef.h in localsocket.cc
• Include string.h in netsocket.cc

After all, we you type make again, GCC compiles and produces binary outputs. Then type

sudo make install

if you want to install. Happycoders socket library is a static library by default and your application will not depent it externally. Have fun!

Installing Fuzuli on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Following pictures are explaining how to install Fuzuli on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS using the DEB package given in http://code.google.com/p/fuzuli/downloads/list

Mathematics with Fuzuli

Our new general purpose interpreter and language Fuzuli was first introduced in Practical Code Solutions and has the official web page in FuzuliProject.org.

Fuzuli has several packages which are mostly wrappers of C++ libraries. One of them is the math package. It is math.nfl and stated in /usr/lib/fuzuli/nfl in Linux installations by default.

The math.nfl package simple wraps some basic mathematical functions such as square root, exponential, logarithms, floor, ceil and round as well as trigonometric functions such as sin, cos, tan, atan, acos, etc. These functions are directly inherited from the standard C++ library.  A list of functions in the math.nfl package is shown below:

Function	Description	Example	Result
PI	Returns a short presentation of PI	(let a (sin (/ PI 2)))	1.0
sin	Returns sin of a given reference	(let a (sin 0))	0.0
cos	Returns cos of a given reference	(let a (cos 0))	1.0
tan	Returns tan of a given reference	(print (tan 1))	1.55741
abs	Returns absolute value	(print (abs -5))	5
sqrt	Returns square root	(print (sqrt 25))	5
exp	Returns E^x	(print (exp 1))	2.71828
log	Returns natural logarithm	(print (log (exp 1)))	1.0
log10	Returns logarithm in base 10	(print (log10 10))	1.0
log2	Returns logarithm in base 2	(print (log2 2))	1.0
cosh	Returns hyperbolic cos	(cosh x)
sinh	Returns hyperbolic sin	(sinh x)
tanh	Returns hyperbolic tan	(tanh x)
asin	Returns inverse sine	(asin 1)
acos	Returns inverse cosine	(acos 0)
atan	Returns inverse tangent	(atan 1.55741)	1
atan2	Two arguments arctan function	(atan2 1 1)	0.7853981634
pow	Returns a^x	(print (pow 5 2))	25
ceil	Returns ceil of a given reference	(print (ceil 2.3))	3.0
floor	Returns floor of a given reference	(print (floor 2.3))	2.0
round	Returns round of a given reference. (nearest integer)	(print (round 2.3))	2.0
isinf	Returns 1 if the given reference is either negative or positive infinitive else returns 0	(print (isinf (/ 19 0)))	1

The table shown above is hopefully enough to introduce our functions in the math package. Any Fuzuli program should include the math package using the (require) expression if any math function shown above is planned to use. Look at the code below:

(require "/usr/lib/fuzuli/nfl/math.nfl")
(print (isinf (/ 19 0)))

Although math functions are collected in an external package, Fuzuli supports built-in arithmetic functions. The code shown below is calculating ordinary least squares regression coefficients. As you see, no math functions required and only the arithmetic functions are used.

(let x (list 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10))
(let y (list 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100))

(function sum (params a)
 (block
  (def s FLOAT)
  (def i INTEGER)
  (let s 0.0)
  (for (let i 0) (< i (length a)) (inc i)
   (let s (+ s (nth a i)))
  )
  (return s)
 )
)

(function mean (params a)
 (block 
  (def total FLOAT)
  (def result FLOAT)

  (let total (sum a))
  (let result (/ total (length a)))
   
  (return result)
 )
)


(function covariance (params c d)
 (block
  (def meana FLOAT)
  (def meanb FLOAT)
  (def xy FLOAT)
  (def i INTEGER)
  (let meana (mean c)) 
  (let meanb (mean d))
  (let xy 0.0)
  (for (let i 0) (< i (length a)) (inc i)
   (block
    (let xy (+ xy (* (- (nth c i) meana) (- (nth d i) meanb ))))
   )
  ) 
  (return xy)
 )

)


(let beta1 (/ (covariance x y) (covariance x x)))
(let beta0 (- (mean y) (* beta1 (mean x))))
(print "beta0 " beta0  "\n") 
(print "beta1 " beta1  "\n")

The result is 0.0 for beta0 and 10.0 for beta1.

See you in next entry. Have fun!

Defining variables and variable scopes in Fuzuli

Fuzuli has a basic variable scoping strategy and it is easy to understand. Many Algol family languages support variable types, variable defining, initial value setting and updating values. Internally, everything in Fuzuli is a Token. A Token is a C++ object. It can hold an INTEGER, a FLOAT, a STRING, a LIST of all types and a COBJECT. Variables are basically type of an INTEGER, a FLOAT or a STRING. A Fuzuli LIST is a vector or array of those kind of objects. A LIST may be a member of an other LIST. So, objects in Fuzuli can be recursively deep. A COBJECT is a (void*) pointer and can be anything. This type of variable is used for external function calls, usually from C++ or C libraries such as Math, IO and MySQL. Integration of COBJECT types expands the universe that Fuzuli can access. However, a standard user does not need this kind of object because Nafile (nfl) packages wrap those external function calls.

We use (let) expression to set value of a variable in Fuzuli:

# Value of a is set to 10
(let a 10)

# a is now 20
(let a 20)

# a is now a string
(let a "Hello!")

# a is now a double precision number
(let a 3.141592)

(block) expression defines a block in which variables are locally scoped. If a variable defined in a higher scope, it is current in the child scope. In other terms, if a variable set in a deeper scope but it is first defined in the higher scope, the first defined variable is current. Have a look at the example below:

# Value of a is set to 10
# a is defined in higher level
(let a 10)

# this block defines a deeper (local) scope
(block
  (let a 20)
)

# out of the block, a is 20 because global a is accessed from the local scope
(print a)
# the answer is 20

However, one can want to define a local variable with same name of the higher scoped variable. For this, (def) expressions can be used. Look at the example below:

# Defined in an higher scope
(let a 10)

# deeper scope
(block
  (def a NULL)
  (let a 7)
)

# we are in higher scope again
(print a)
# the answer is 10.

So, in Fuzuli, a user does not need to define variables if they want to give a reference them. Look at the (for) expression given below:

(let i 5)

(for (let i 0) (< i 10) (inc i)
    (block
        (print "i is " i "\n")
    )
)

(print "Finally, i is " i  "\n")

The output is

i is 0
i is 1
i is 2
i is 3
i is 4
i is 5
i is 6
i is 7
i is 8
i is 9
Finally, i is 10

because, i is first defined in a higher level of scope. If i is not defined before the (for) expression, the code should be like this

(for (let i 0) (< i 10) (inc i)
    (block
        (print "i is " i "\n")
    )
)

(print "Finally, i is " i  "\n")

and the output is

i is 0
i is 1
i is 2
i is 3
i is 4
i is 5
i is 6
i is 7
i is 8
i is 9
Finally, i is NULL

because i is defined locally and it is invisible in the higher scope. Strategy of variable scoping in function calls is an other special issue in Fuzuli Suppose that we have an (sum) function defined as follows:

(function sum (params x)
    (block
        (def t FLOAT)(def i FLOAT)
        (let t 0.0)
        (foreach i in x
            (let t (+ t i))
        )
        (return t)
    )
)

In the example above, the (sum) function takes a list 'x' as parameter and returns the sum of elements of this list. The variable 't' is defined and set in the function body. This is unnecessary if we don't use a variable with name 't' in the higher level of scopes. For convenience and security, defining all local function variables before they were used is a good habit. For the rest of the example, the sum function can be called using

(let mylist (list 1 2 3 4 5))
(let result (sum mylist))
(print result "\n")

and gives the result of 15. Hope you have fun !

An informative video on RCaller

Somebody on the Internet submitted an informative video on how to use RCaller for calling R from withing Java applications in YouTube.

It is nice to see RCaller has an higher usage rates after its 2.0 version.

You can see the embedded video in this entry. Have a nice training!