Perhaps some of you have wondered about, or been bewildered by, the large number of executables distributed for SS. Here is a brief roadmap to that collection found in the SS_latest_executables folder.
For each operating system: Linux, OSX, and Windows, we distribute three SS files: ss.exe, ss_opt.exe, and ss_trans.exe. Where ss_trans will read files in 3.24 format and run and write in 3.30 format, ss.exe is the normal version to use, and ss_opt is optimized for speed but less able to detect some kinds of errors.
For Windows, we also include versions compiled for 32bit computers. These are appropriately labelled and found in the Windows folder.
We have just started compiling with the latest version of ADMB - Version 12.0. We think everything is 100% compatible, but provide these versions in separate folders. In future, we will only provide SS with just one ADMB version. We will explore even newer releases of ADMB as they come available.
The SS Interface folder contains the executable for the graphical interface. I encourage you to try it.
Rick