ken@rochester.UUCP (Ipse dixit) (01/26/86)
Info-Modula-2 Digest Sunday, 26 Jan 1986 Volume 1 : Issue 5
Today's Topics:
Exception handling
VM/CMS Modula-2?
General info
Modula-2 reference?
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Date: Mon, 13 Jan 86 09:45:40 PST
From: sun!orb!nagler@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (Rob Nagler)
Subject: Re: Exception handling in Modula-2
To: harvard!wanginst!apollo!wyant
The easiest and probably cleanest method (without perturbing the language)
is to implement the C/UNIX setjmp/longjmp (3) mechanism. The only knowledge
of the host language processor is how the stack is setup. It seems quite
feasible and I was thinking of doing a public domain version for the Logitech
system (however, I am pretty busy these days).
Rob
PS. The Turbo folks put exceptions in, but they are a modification to the
language semantics (they added a new default type). I don't like this
model, because it is not M2 and I am very interested in leaving the
language alone so that the standards people have an easier time.
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Date: 16 Jan 86 18:36:16 EST (Thu)
From: "Ralph E. Droms" <droms@Purdue.EDU>
Subject: Modula-2 for VM/CMS
To: info-modula-2
Is anyone aware of an implementation of Modula-2 for VM/CMS?
Please mail replies directly to me - I am not a member of this mailing
list. I will summarize the replies if there is interest.
- Ralph
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Ralph Droms ihnp4!purdue!droms
CS G73 droms@purdue.edu
Dept. of Computer Sciences droms@purdue.csnet
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
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Date: 17 Jan 1986 14:43:26-EST
From: clapper@NADC.arpa
Subject: General Info
To: info-modula-2
Hello out there.
I was perusing some of my back issues of the ACM SIGPLAN Notices
(the magazine of ACM's Special Interest Group on Programming
Languages), and I noticed that there's been a fair amount of
discussion about Modula-2 in recent issues. I thought
those of you that don't currently receive this publication
might be interested.
Brian M. Clapper clapper@nadc.ARPA
Naval Air Development Center
Warminster, PA
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Date: 22 Jan 86 10:07 PST
From: Tom Perrine <tom@LOGICON.ARPA>
Subject: Modula-2 reference
To: info-modula-2
I currently have the first edition of "programming in Modula-2" by Wirth.
I know that there are many typos, and that a second edition was "fixed",
but I thought it basically described the same language.
Is there a later edition, and if so are there any changes (either in
language or typo correction? I dont mind buying another copy, but I
would like to get the latest and (hopefully) most correct.
Can anyone recommend any other Modula-2 references? (I use Modula-1 every day,
and just need a ref to get me going on Modula-2.)
Tom Perrine
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Date: Wed, 22 Jan 86 15:32:59 est
From: treid@mitre.ARPA (Thomas Reid)
Subject: Re: Modula-2 reference
To: info-modula-2, tom@LOGICON.ARPA
The third Edition is out and has marked the differences between it and
the first edition. I will post my Modula-2 Bibliography REAL SOON NOW
and keep it updated in the archives (when that project gets finally and
officially off of the ground.
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