messina@ihuxl.UUCP (01/17/84)
Does anyone out ther have a compiler for modula - 2 that can be brought up on UNIX ?? Thanks in advance ihuxl!messina (312) 979-0773
pr%camjenny@ucl-cs.arpa (01/19/84)
There are at least two Modula-2 compilers for VAX/Unix - one from DEC's Western Research Laboratory and one from the Cambridge University Computer Laboratory. Let me know your address and I'll post details. Peter Robinson.
stevel@haddock.UUCP (01/31/84)
#R:sri-arpa:-1572000:haddock:16700004:000:241 haddock!stevel Jan 30 10:44:00 1984 How about posting the address of the modula-2 compilers to the net. I think this is of value to many. Steve Ludlum, decvax!yale-co!ima!stevel, {ucbvax|ihnp4}!cbosgd!ima!stevel decwrl!amd70!ima!stevel, {uscvax|ucla-vax|vortex}!ism780!stevel
rf@wu1.UUCP (02/02/84)
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 Western Union Telegraph philabs!wu1!rf