Modula -2 compiler - (nf)
rf at wu1.UUCP
rf at wu1.UUCP
Fri Feb 3 03:38:49 AEST 1984
When I last asked after Modula-2 compilers, David Reisner
(ittvax!dcdwest!logo) answered:
First, do you know that there is a net.lang.m2 (or something
like that)?
Second, The compiler (and associated operating system) that
Springer-Verlag sells is Volition Systems', Del Mar,
California (area code 619). The system is a UCSD
Pascal-like system (in fact it is a spin-off similiar to
version II.1). The M2 compiler generates p-code which is a
superset of (I believe) Apple 1.1 Pascal's. Some version of
Apple programs will run without recompilation, and code
files can be moved between Apple and IBM-PC versions. The
compiler (probably) compiles at a few hundred lines per
minute with floppies. It does a good job with syntax error
messages and with recovery (continuing the compilation and
giving useful syntax information although no code file)
('good' here is defined by recursive decent standards which
are typically higher than LL standards). The folks at VS
are excellent programmers and poor businessmen. I like the
editor which comes with the system, assuming it is the
version called ASE.
The Modula 2 Institute in Utah has a compiler which
generates M-code (like Wirth's for Lilith) for $60. Runs on
MSDOS (I think).
Randolph Fritz
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