Nick's research blog

15/11/10-Read through G.O.A.L user guide and Chapter 1 of the report.

-Read up on C++ to refresh my knowledge

-Attempted to compile GOAL in Windows XP

-Read up on Boost 1.33.1 and the building of it using bjam.exe

-Attempted to build Boost but discovered compatibility issues with Visual Studio 2008

-Decided to work on compiling GOAL in 64 bit Linux instead of Windows

-Had issues with the make files, the first issue being resolved by using the 'clean' command

-Read up on make files in order to be able to potentially write a make file for the boost library, as well as edit the makefiles for the other libraries and test goal executable.

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