[Push] New User - Need help to run Push on Windows XP

Thu Apr 27 13:54:25 EDT 2006

PS Deb,

I should also note that there are comments at the top of push3.lisp  
and (especially) pushgp3.lisp that include more detailed instructions.

  -Lee

On Apr 27, 2006, at 1:08 PM, Lee Spector wrote:

>
> Deb,
>
> Welcome.
>
> On the general documentation issues, which apply to both the Lisp  
> and C++ versions: The paper you referred to was written in the  
> context of the first version of Push, to which we now refer as  
> Push1. Since that time there have been two major revisions, and the  
> current version is Push3. Most of the core concepts of Push1 have  
> been retained (with the exception of the TYPE type) but new  
> features have been added which, in our experience, significantly  
> improve the language's usability and power in an evolutionary  
> context. There are two things that you should probably look at to  
> understand Push3:
>
> - The Push 3.0 Programming Language Description. This is a  
> technical report that describes the language pretty concisely, and  
> includes comparisons to previous versions of Push, but it doesn't  
> include much discussion of motivations, etc. It is available as a  
> pdf from:
>
>    http://www.hampshire.edu/cms_PDF/HC-CSTR-2004-02.pdf
>
> It is also available in html from:
>
>    http://hampshire.edu/lspector/push3-description.html
>
>
> - A conference paper that describes and demonstrates the efficacy  
> of the new features of Push3:
>
> Spector, L., J. Klein, and M. Keijzer. 2005. The Push3 Execution  
> Stack and the Evolution of Control. In Proceedings of the Genetic  
> and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2005), pp.  
> 1689-1696. Springer-Verlag. http://hampshire.edu/lspector/pubs/ 
> push3-gecco2005.pdf
>
>
> On the Lisp implementation questions:
>
> You should download all of the files at http://helios.hampshire.edu/ 
> lspector/push3/ -- although one of them, auto-simplify.lisp, is  
> optional. Then load the "load" file by typing (load "load") to the  
> Lisp prompt. This will compile and load all of the necessary files  
> AND begin a run of PushGP on the default problem specified in  
> pushgp3.lisp, using the configuration parameters in default.pconf.  
> Output will be directed both to the screen and to a file called  
> pushgp-output. To run the system on a different problem or with  
> different parameters quit lisp and then edit the problem  
> specification near the bottom of pushgp3.lisp and/or the parameters  
> in default.pconf -- and then repeat the process outlined above.
>
> I should note that I haven't tried this in clisp recently (I  
> generally use CMU Common Lisp or Macintosh Common Lisp or OpenMCL),  
> but the process described above should work. If you run into a  
> problem let me know and I'll see what I can do.
>
> On the C++ implementation questions:
>
> I neither wrote nor directly use the C++ implementation, so about  
> all I can say is that you can use g++-4.0 (which is free) and I  
> think also some older versions of g++. Perhaps one of the C Push  
> folks (HI JON AND MAARTEN) can chime in with installation  
> instructions.
>
> This doesn't directly address your questions but you might also be  
> interested in the breve simulation environment (http:// 
> www.spiderland.org/breve), which includes the C++ implementation of  
> Push and a version of PushGP. I find it to be a very user-friendly  
> way to use the C++ Push library. If you want to try this then  
> download breve and take a look at the "PushRegression" demo.
>
>  -Lee
>
>
>
> On Apr 27, 2006, at 12:09 AM, Debabrata Midya wrote:
>
>> Hi!,
>>
>> I am new to Push and want help to run PushGP in lisp (clisp) as  
>> well as
>> in C++. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> 1. PushGP LISP implementation
>>
>> My main interest is to use PushGP in the LISP environment.
>>
>> I have installed clisp-2.38 and clisp is running well.
>>
>> What are the PushGP programs I need? Is there any set of instructions
>> available to run PushGP in LISP environment? If it is, please provide
>> me.
>>
>> I am currently going through one of the papers, "Genetic Programming
>> and Autoconstructive Evolution with the Push Programming  
>> Language". Any
>> other technical documents?
>>
>> 2. PushGP C++ implementation
>>
>> I have downloaded push-3.1.0.tar.gz. Which C++ compiler can I use and
>> it's source of availability please? Can I use any public domain C++
>> compiler? Is there any set of instructions to compile and run it?
>>
>> I am looking forward for your reply.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Deb
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