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PeterHarding https://performiq.com/kb/index.php?title=Scratch&diff=19&oldid=prev PeterHarding: New page: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="TtH 3.38"> <style type="text/css"> di... 2007-09-11T09:13:18Z

<p>New page: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="TtH 3.38"> <style type="text/css"> di...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"<br /> "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><br /> <html><br /> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="TtH 3.38"><br /> <style type="text/css"> div.p { margin-top: 7pt;}</style><br /> <style type="text/css"></style><br /> <br /> <link rel=stylesheet href="http://www.perfdynamics.com/Tools/pdq.css" type="text/css"></link><br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <br /> <br /> <title> PDQ Software Distribution</title><br /> <br /> <br /> <h1 align="center">PDQ Software Distribution </h1><br /> <br /> <h3 align="center"><font size="-1">This page was last updated on May 4, 2007<br /> </h3></font><br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <br /> <h2>Current Distribution</h2><br /> <br /> <table><br /> <tr><td><b>Version:</b> </td><td align="right"><tt>4.2</tt> </td></tr><br /> <br /> <tr><td><b>Build:</b> </td><td align="right"><tt>20070228</tt> </td></tr><br /> <tr><td><b>Languages:</b> </td><td align="right"><tt>C, Java, Perl, PHP, Python</tt> </td></tr><br /> <tr><td><b>Compiled:</b> </td><td align="right"><tt>gcc version 4.0.0 20041026 (Apple, Inc. build 4061)</tt> </td></tr><br /> <tr><td><b>Maintainers:</b> </td><td align="right"><tt>Neil Gunther and Peter Harding</tt> </td></tr></table><br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <br /> <center><br /> <table border="1"><br /> <tr><td>Please note that the PDQ function <b>CreateMultiNode</b>,<br /> defined in Section 6.6.2 (p. 226) of the <br /> <A HREF="http://www.perfdynamics.com/iBook/ppa_new.html">Perl::PDQ book</A>, <br /> is not available in this release. See Section&nbsp;<a href="#sec:news">2</a> for the lastest <br /> developments regarding this topic.<br /> </td></tr></table><br /> <br /> </center><br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <br /> <h1>Contents </h1><a href="#tth_sEc1"<br /> >1&nbsp; Downloading</a><br /><br /> <a href="#tth_sEc2"<br /> >2&nbsp; News</a><br /><br /> <a href="#tth_sEc3"<br /> >3&nbsp; Installing</a><br /><br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#tth_sEc3.1"<br /> >3.1&nbsp; UNIX Environments</a><br /><br /> <br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#tth_sEc3.2"<br /> >3.2&nbsp; UNIX Installation Gotchas</a><br /><br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#tth_sEc3.3"<br /> >3.3&nbsp; WINDOWS with ActiveState Perl</a><br /><br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#tth_sEc3.3.1"<br /> >3.3.1&nbsp; Tom Becker's Notes</a><br /><br /> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#tth_sEc3.3.2"<br /> >3.3.2&nbsp; Christof Schmalenbach's Notes</a><br /><br /> <a href="#tth_sEc4"<br /> >4&nbsp; Get Notified About Updates</a><br /><br /> <br /> <a href="#tth_sEc5"<br /> >5&nbsp; Where's Waldo? (Anyone C-een him?)</a><br /><br /> <a href="#tth_sEc6"<br /> >6&nbsp; User Guide</a><br /><br /> <a href="#tth_sEc7"<br /> >7&nbsp; Feedback</a><br /><br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <h2><a name="tth_sEc1"><br /> <br /> 1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Downloading</h2> <br /> Major new features in the current <br /> <A HREF="http://www.perfdynamics.com/Tools/pdq.tar.gz">download</A> <br /> include:<br /> <br /> <ol type="1"><br /> <li> <b>Java</b> version of PDQ developed by Peter Harding<br /><br /></li><br /> <br /> <li> <b>PHP</b> version of PDQ developed by Italian student Samuel Zallocco<br /><br /></li><br /> <br /> <li> Threaded-server model and errata corrections developed by Neil Gunther<br /><br /></li><br /> <br /> <li> Better organization of the <br /> <A HREF="http://www.perfdynamics.com/Tools/PDQperl.html">Perl</A> <br /> and <br /> <A HREF="http://www.perfdynamics.com/Tools/PDQpython.html">Python</A> <br /> model directories<br /><br /></li><br /> </ol><br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <br /> NOTE: The PHP version has not been tested by us and is released as is with no guarantees.<br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <h2><a name="tth_sEc2"><br /> 2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;News</h2> <a name="sec:news"><br /> </a><br /> <br /> <dl compact="compact"><br /> <dt><b>MSQ nodes:</b></dt><br /> <dd> I have implemented multiserver queues in the PDQ <b>C-language only</b> library, <br /> and it is now in beta test.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> The goal is to allow you to create OPEN-circuit models (initially) by defining any sequence of <br /> M/M/m queues.<br /> Instead of introducing a completely new procedure, like <b>PDQ_CreateMultiNode</b><br /> (or <b>PDQ::CreateMultiNode</b> described in Chapter 6 of the Perl::PDQ book), <br /> I have come up with a simpler idea.<br /> You will call <tt>PDQ_CreateNode()</tt> in the usual way but, <br /> by asserting a new <b>MSQ</b> flag to tell PDQ the node is <b>multi-server queue</b>, <br /> you then specify the integer number of servers (m) for that node. <br /> For example, an m = 10 multiserver PDQ node named "mserver" <br /> would be instantiated using the standard <b>CreateNode</b> procedure with the following arguments:<br /> <br /> <br /> <blockquote><br /> <center><br /> <tt>PDQ_CreateNode("mserver", 10, MSQ)</tt>.<br /> </center></blockquote><br /> The PDQ generic report has also been altered to include the new MSQ node.<br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> More details will be forthcoming as the implementation unfolds.<br /> Stay tuned.</dd><br /> <dt><b>Create functions becoming procedures:</b></dt><br /> <dd><br /> Currently, the <b>functions</b> <tt>CreateOpen()</tt>, <tt>CreateClosed()</tt> <br /> <br /> each return an integer value corresponding to the<br /> total number of PDQ streams of work and <tt>CreateNode()</tt> returns an<br /> integer value corresponding to the total number of PDQ queueing nodes<br /> created. These returns are unnecessary and are also causing problems for porting.<br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> In the next major release (PDQ 5.0 ?), the PDQ Create functions will become <br /> <b>procedures</b> i.e., <br /> <br /> <span style="background: #FFFF00;">they will no longer return a value</span>. <br /> In ANSI parlance, they will become voids. To determine the count of PDQ streams or PDQ nodes,<br /> you will need to actively call two <b>new functions</b>:<br /> <br /> <ul><br /> <li> <tt>int streams = ... GetStreamsCount();</tt><br /><br /></li><br /> <br /> <li> <tt>int nodes = ... GetNodesCount();</tt><br /><br /></li><br /> </ul><br /> Although most of you probably don't use these values, this is a heads-up to start planning for <br /> the change now.</dd><br /> </dl><br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <h2><a name="tth_sEc3"><br /> 3</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Installing</h2><br /> After downloading the tarball <tt>pdq.tar.gz</tt>, you should <br /> unzip it: <tt>gunzip pdq.tar.gz</tt> to produce the file named <tt>pdq.tar</tt>. Then you<br /> untar it: <tt>tar -xvf pdq.tar</tt> to produce the directory named <tt>pdq/</tt> (or similar).<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> In a <b>Microsoft Windows 2K or XP</b> environment, might want to consider running a Linux style<br /> <A HREF="http://www.cygwin.com/mirrors.html"">bash shell</A>. <br /> This is not an emulation (in the sense of requiring a separate interpreter). All commands are <tt>.exe</tt>'s<br /> and run directly under the Windows O/S. Of course, you can also write integrated windows code using Windows<br /> <tt>.dll</tt>'s or Tcl, etc. Try it, you might like it.<br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> The following section assumes you are using a UNIX or Linux-type environment. Otherwise, your<br /> results may vary. In particular, if you are using <b>ActiveState Perl</b> under a Windows O/S, see<br /> Section&nbsp;<a href="#sec:activeperl">3.3</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <h3><a name="tth_sEc3.1"><br /> 3.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;UNIX Environments</h3><br /> The Perl interpreter needed to run Perl-PDQ is available on a wide variety of<br /> platforms, and is already installed on most UNIX and Linux<br /> platforms. The Perl-PDQ module can be built and installed by issuing a <tt>make</tt><br /> command in the top-level <tt>/pdq</tt> directory.<br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> Alternatively, it may be built manually by as follows:<br /> <br /> <ol type="1"><br /> <li> Change to the <tt>/pdq</tt> subdirectory (<tt>cd pdq</tt>)<br /><br /></li><br /> <br /> <li> Change to the perl5 directory: <tt>cd perl5</tt><br /><br /></li><br /> <br /> <li> Run the setup script: <tt>./setup.sh</tt><br /><br /></li><br /> <br /> <li> Go back up to the pdq directory: <tt>cd ..</tt><br /><br /></li><br /> </ol><br /> Now, you should be able to run the code examples provided.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> In case there is a problem compiling, perform the following diagnostic steps:<br /> <br /> <ul><br /> <li> Check the PDQ version. Run the command <tt>./Getversion</tt> to confirm that you<br /> have the same version number as above.<br /><br /></li><br /> <br /> <li> Go into the <tt>/lib</tt> subdirectory and make sure you are using the appropriate <tt>Makefile</tt> or <br /> you may need to create your own<tt>---</tt>depending on your environment.<br /><br /></li><br /> <br /> </ul><br /> Example Makefiles are already provided in that directory for the common operating systems.<br /> In some cases, you may need the help of a system administrator to get the files to compile correctly. <br /><br /> The basic goal is to generate a correct <tt>libpdq.a</tt> archive because it is used by everything. <br /><br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <h3><a name="tth_sEc3.2"><br /> 3.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;UNIX Installation Gotchas</h3><br /> The following items are typical of the installation problems that can<br /> prevent Perl PDQ models from executing.<br /> <br /> <ul><br /> <br /> <li> Line termination problems. <br /><br /> Check the CR/LF conventions used in text files in your environment.<br /><br /></li><br /> <br /> <li> Permissions problems. <br /><br /> If you don't have root privileges, you will need to install the<br /> PERL module to a lib/ directory that is local to you.<br /><br /></li><br /> <br /> <li> Pathing problems. <br /><br /> <br /> The Perl interpreter has to be able to find the pdq.pm module.<br /> If it can't, the typical error message begins<br /> <br /> <blockquote><br /> <tt>"Can't locate pdq.pm in ( contains: ...."</tt><br /> </blockquote><br /> To facilitate finding it on my MacOS X G4, for example, I had to<br /> export the UNIX environment variable <tt>PERL5LIB</tt> using the shell command:<br /> <br /> <blockquote><br /> <tt>setenv PERL5LIB /Users/njg///lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/darwin-.../</tt><br /> <br /> </blockquote><br /> You should then include this env var in your <tt>.cshrc</tt> or whatever login profile you use.<br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> Check this variable using the shell command:<br /> <tt>echo $PERL5LIB</tt><br /><br /></li><br /> </ul><br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> See the <br /> <span style="background: #FFFF00;"><font color="#FF0000">README file in the Perl5/ directory</font></span> of this<br /> distribution for more details about installation setup and debugging.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <h3><a name="tth_sEc3.3"><br /> 3.3</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WINDOWS with ActiveState Perl</h3> <a name="sec:activeperl"><br /> </a><br /> I have now received two sets of instructions for installing ActivePerl by:<br /> <br /> <ol type="1"><br /> <li> <b>Tom Becker</b> - See Section&nbsp;<a href="#sec:tom">3.3.1</a><br /><br /></li><br /> <br /> <li> <b>Christof Schmalenbach</b> - See Section&nbsp;<a href="#sec:christof">3.3.2</a><br /><br /></li><br /> </ol><br /> I don't know anything about ActivePerl (and I don't want to know), but I am very grateful <br /> to these users for providing their installation instructions which may be helpful to <br /> other ActivePerl users.<br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <h4><a name="tth_sEc3.3.1"><br /> 3.3.1</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Tom Becker's Notes</h4> <a name="sec:tom"><br /> </a><br /> The following extensive notes were kindly provided by <b>Tom Becker</b><br /> <br /> who undertook a Herculean effort to get <tt>Perl::PDQ</tt> working under <br /> ActiveState Perl on Windows XP. Reading this makes realize why I use<br /> <A HREF="http://cygwin.com/">cygwin</A><br /> on my Windows laptop (<tt>sonyXPress</tt>). But if you must use Active Perl,<br /> this is the place to start. Thanks Tom!<br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <br /> <pre><br /> This is my experience getting Perl::PDQ running in Windows XP. I have no C<br /> skills, no UNIX skills, very limited Perl skills and am a PC user, not a<br /> developer. All my information was gathered via Google and I hobbled together<br /> all the required bits and pieces. All software used were free downloads.<br /> Hopefully someone can drastically streamline my steps described below. <br /> <br /> ENVIRONMENT: Windows XP Pro with SP1, Pentium 4 CPU, ActiveState Perl 5.8.3<br /> (mswin32-x86-multi-thread) binary build 809 with 8 patches.<br /> <br /> INSTALLATION:<br /> 1. Installed the PDQ_Perl package as recommended. My main<br /> working folder was D:\pdq_perl\perl5\pdq\perl5. A lot of work was done in a<br /> DOS window.<br /> <br /> 2. Downloaded NMAKE15 from Microsoft. This is version 1.5 of<br /> nmake (the equivalent of the UNIX make command). Unzip this into the<br /> ..\perl5 folder referenced above. It will add nmake.exe and nmake.err. See<br /> //download.microsoft.com/download/vc15/Patch/1.52/W95/EN-US/Nmake15.exe.<br /> <br /> 3. Run Perl makefile.pl.<br /> <br /> 4. ActiveState Perl calls for the cl compiler (Microsoft's C++<br /> compiler). I downloaded a free copy of the Microsoft Visual C++ Toolkit<br /> 2003. Installed it and ran VCVARS32.BAT to set up the environmental<br /> variables of LIB, PATH and INCLUDE.<br /> <br /> 5. Downloaded the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK Full<br /> Download and picked out windows.h and all associated include header files<br /> and put them in the \Perl\lib\CORE folder. I did not install this product.<br /> The full download is 400MB and has 16 separate 25MB files. A short cut is to<br /> download two cab files from "Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK Full<br /> Download": PSDK-FULL.6.cab and PSDK-FULL.7.cab. (Also get PSDK-FULL.15.cab<br /> for a later step below.) The contents can be extracted with WINZIP. Extract<br /> from the two files above: PSDK-SDK_Core_BLD-commom.0.cab,<br /> PSDK-SDK_Core_BLD-commom.1.cab, PSDK-SDK_Core_BLD-commom.2.cab. Extract all<br /> the contents of the above three files to one folder. Then sort by file name.<br /> Copy and rename 27 header files to \perl\lib\core folder. Example:<br /> windows_h.95CE7D7B_A68D_11D2_A852_00C04FC2A854 renamed to windows.h. Extract<br /> the following:<br /> <br /> BaseTsd.h<br /> Guiddef.h<br /> Imm.h<br /> Mcx.h<br /> PopPack.h<br /> PshPack1.h<br /> PshPack2.h<br /> PshPack4.h<br /> PshPack8.h<br /> Reason.h<br /> specstrings.h<br /> StrAlign.h<br /> Tvout.h<br /> winbase.h<br /> WinCon.h<br /> WinDef.h<br /> windows.h<br /> WinError.h<br /> WinGDI.h<br /> WinNetWk.h<br /> WinNls.h<br /> WinNT.h<br /> WinReg.h<br /> WinSock.h<br /> WinSvc.h<br /> WinUser.h<br /> WinVer.h<br /> <br /> <br /> 6. Modified d:\pdq_perl\perl5\pdq\lib\debug.h to remove the<br /> three periods (...) in this statement:<br /> #define g_debugf(fmt, args...) \<br /> fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d " fmt, __FILE__, __LINE__,<br /> ##args)<br /> <br /> <br /> 7. Compiled all the c files in d:\pdq_perl\perl5\pdq\lib and<br /> moved the .obj files to ..\perl5. There will be a warning message compiling<br /> PDQ_Utils due to the modification to debug.h above.<br /> <br /> 8. Extract from PSDK-FULL.15.cab this file:<br /> PSDK-SDK_MAC_BLD_X86-common.o.cab. From this file extract ODBC32.lib and<br /> ODBCCP32.lib and move to ..\perl5.<br /> <br /> 9. Copy from the folder created in step 5 above (the extraction<br /> of PSDK-SDK_Core_BLD-commom.0.cab, PSDK-SDK_Core_BLD-commom.1.cab,<br /> PSDK-SDK_Core_BLD-commom.2.cab) and move the following to ..\perl5:<br /> <br /> AdvAPI32.Lib<br /> ComDlg32.Lib<br /> Gdi32.Lib<br /> Mpr.Lib<br /> NetAPI32.Lib<br /> Ole32.Lib<br /> OleAut32.Lib<br /> Shell32.Lib<br /> User32.Lib<br /> Uuid.Lib<br /> Version.Lib<br /> WinMM.Lib<br /> WinSpool.Lib<br /> WSock32.Lib<br /> <br /> 10. Downloaded and installed Microsoft .NET Framework SDK<br /> Version 1.1 to get msvcrt.lib even though there was a copy of it in the<br /> Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK ; it was for AMD64 and would not link.<br /> After installation msvcrt.lib is found in \Program Files\Microsoft visual<br /> Studio .NET\VC7\lib folder. Moved it to ...\perl5 with the other libs from<br /> above. <br /> <br /> 11. Ran nmake.<br /> <br /> 12. Ran nmake install.<br /> <br /> 13. Ran the test.pl PDQ file to a successful completion.<br /> <br /> RECOMMENDATIONS: (For the next pioneer):<br /> 1. Investigate why ActiveState Perl call for the cl.exe compiler (MS C++) in<br /> the makefile. Perhaps a simpler compiler can be used.<br /> <br /> 2. Find out where all the Activestate Perl libs are that are displayed with<br /> the perl -V command. It lists all the libs I had to search for, but were not<br /> on my PC. So how does Activestate Perl use them?<br /> <br /> 3. Try to install the entire Windows Server 2003 SP1 Platform SDK FULL<br /> DOWNLOAD. Maybe I overlooked msvcrt.lib for x86. However, I did inspect the<br /> x86.msi file and it did reference the AMD64 file, which I tried but was<br /> rejected by the link program. It will also simplify extracting all the<br /> header files. But it is a 400MB download.<br /> <br /> 4. Get Microsoft to allow the redistribution of the headers and libs, rather<br /> than forcing a download of the products I needed. <br /> <br /> </pre><br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <h4><a name="tth_sEc3.3.2"><br /> <br /> 3.3.2</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Christof Schmalenbach's Notes</h4> <a name="sec:christof"><br /> </a><br /> I (CS) use ActivePerl, but not cygwin. After some experiments I found a way of<br /> installation of Perl::PDQ under win32 without extensive use of MS Tools.<br /> Here is my approach:<br /> <br /> <pre><br /> 1. Download nmake as descriped by Tom Becker<br /> 2. Download MinGW - Minimalist GNU for Windows (www.mingw.org) and install it<br /> 3. Open a DOS Shell and extend your path env variable so that mingw\bin is in front of perl.<br /> set path=d:\programs\MinGW\mingw32\bin;d:\programs\MinGW\bin;D:\programs\perl\bin in my environment<br /> 4. change to the pdq\lib directory<br /> 5. use gcc (from mingw) to compile pdq c files to object files (for example MVA_Approx.o..)<br /> 6. copy or move the object files to the ..\pdq\perl5 directory<br /> 7. call perl MakeFile.PL<br /> 8. call nmake MakeFile<br /> 9. after a while this creates ..pdq\perl5\blib\arch\auto\pdq\pdq.dll<br /> <br /> With this dll I can use Perl::PDQ without problems.<br /> <br /> IMPORTANT:<br /> If mingw\bin is not in the path, perl MakeFile.PL will create cl.exe calls (as Tom remarked). <br /> But if Mingw\bin is in the path, the gcc compiler is used instead of MS.<br /> So in general there is not a lot of difference between linux/cygwin and win32 for c-calls from perl.<br /> <br /> BTW, there is a document (perlxstut.html) in the activeperl distribution, <br /> which explains the general approach for Perl extensions. <br /> <br /> </pre><br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> Once you are successful (or while waiting for your sys admin to set it up) <br /> you might care to review the <br /> <A HREF="http://www.perfdynamics.com/Tools/PDQ.html">basic concepts</A> <br /> behind PDQ.<br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <h2><a name="tth_sEc4"><br /> <br /> 4</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Get Notified About Updates</h2><br /> If you would like to be notified by email about future PDQ updates, please fill out the<br /> online form with your correct email address and select the heading <br /> <A HREF="http://www.perfdynamics.com/emailform.html">Notify for PDQ updates</A>. <br /> The same applies if you have changed your email address (e.g., changed employer).<br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <h2><a name="tth_sEc5"><br /> 5</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Where's Waldo? (Anyone C-een him?)</h2><br /> A number of people have asked me for the C-language version of PDQ,<br /> especially those using my 1998/2000 book <br /> <A HREF="http://www.perfdynamics.com/iBook/ppa.html">The Practical Performance Analyst</A>.<br /> The C-code of those PDQ models can be found in the directory <tt>examples/ppa_1998/</tt>. <br /> The Perl scripts for the PDQ models discussed my 2005 book <br /> <br /> <A HREF="http://www.perfdynamics.com/books.html">Analyzing Computer System Performance with Perl::PDQ</A>, <br /> can now be found in the directory <tt>examples/ppdq_2005/</tt>. <br /> A detailed synopsis of the PDQ functions in Perl is presented in Chapter 6.<br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <h2><a name="tth_sEc6"><br /> 6</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;User Guide</h2><br /> The online <br /> <A HREF="http://www.perfdynamics.com/Tools/PDQman.html">PDQ Manual</A><br /> for the C version of PDQ is now <b>hyperlinked</b> for easier navigation and supercedes <b>Appendix A</b> in the <br /> <br /> <A HREF="http://www.perfdynamics.com/books.html">The Practical Performance Analyst</A>.<br /> <br /> <div class="p"></div><br /> <h2><a name="tth_sEc7"><br /> 7</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Feedback</h2><br /> New versions of PDQ are released periodically. 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