The Stanford Rapide Project

Toolset Release

An initial version of the Rapide toolset is now publically available. This is an experimental toolset. Its purpose is to fullfill requests for some Rapide tools, and to allow experimentation with causal event simulation.

The FAQ answers some commonly received questions about installing and using the toolset.

The toolset consists of two components:

The Rapide compiler ("rpdc") and library management system.

The Rapide compiler, "rpdc," is a compiler for the "Rapide-1.0" language. It translates programs written in Rapide-1.0 into executable load modules, or into library information that may subsequently be used to build executables. It is normally used in conjunction with analysis tools such as the "pov" to build and analyze a Rapide simulation.

The Rapide library management system allows libraries of Rapide components to be compiled separately for later re-use and for organization of source files. It includes standard commands for creating, destroying, cleaning, and examining libraries of components.

The Partial Order Viewer ("pov").

The Partial Order Viewer, "pov," is a tool for graphically browsing the partial orderings of events (posets) produced by Rapide computations. It reads log files generated by the execution of a Rapide program, and displays a graphical representation of the resulting poset. The pov also has facilities for "filtering" the poset to include only events of interest.

We hope to improve documentation and expand the toolset in the near future. Comments are welcome. Bugs and suggested improvements to documentation should be reported to rapide-support@pavg.stanford.edu. Responses and bug fixes will necessarily be limited to what can be achieved within the resources of a small research group. The rapide users mailing list is used for discussion and notification of new releases. To subscribe send e-mail to majordomo@lists.stanford.edu with empty subject and a single line body subscribe rapide-users.

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First download the README file.

Download the software.

Last look at the FAQ file.

License Information

The Rapide toolset uses some AT&T software. By downloading the toolset, you are indicating your agreement with the following source code license:

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