Installation notes of Floating Point simulator, version 1.0 

System Requirements

One can launch the application in any of the three main operating platforms: Unix/Linux, MS Windows XP or higher, Mac.
Ram min 4MB
Disk Space 4MB


Installation

Download the desired distribution.
You can open the distribution:
	On Windows: With 7-Zip, Winrar, Winzip, or as a compressed folder.
	On Linux: With archives management or from terminal with the command "unzip".
	On Mac: From terminal with the command "unzip".


Compilation
   On Windows:
	The file is compiled by "Dev C++" or "CodeBlocks".
   On MAC and Unix/Linux:
	Go to directory where the source code is,
	click right button and select "Open terminal here" or from command line get the directory with the command "cd". Install the compiler, if it is not installed, with the command: "sudo apt-get install g++ "; finally, to compile from command line use the command: "g++ -o floatingpoint floating_point.cpp".

Execution 

   On Windows:
	Start the executable (.exe), located in the folder bin/ of distribution or by the local compilation.
   On MAC and Unix/Linux:
	Use the command "./floatingpoint" from terminal, after having given the execute permission to the file floatingpoint (e.g. from command line with chmod 755), when this is the executable provided in the bin folder of the distribution; otherwise, after the source code has been compiled, just use the command "./floatingpoint" from terminal.