gwl@rruxa.UUCP (04/24/87)
Is anyone running Pascal on a Prime computer under Prime's
native OS (PrimeOS???)? If so, could you tell me flavor of Pascal
it is and where I can obtain some info on it, eg. distributor
contacts, manuals, books, etc...
Thanks a Bunch!!!
George W. Leach
Bell Communications Research New Jersey Institute of Technology
444 Hoes Lane 4A-1129 Computer & Information Sciences Dept.
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854 Newark, New Jersey 07102
(201) 699-8639
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Dr. Seuss "One fish two fish red fish blue fish"schwartz@swatsun (Scott Schwartz) (04/25/87)
In article <261@rruxa.UUCP>, gwl@rruxa.UUCP writes: > Is anyone running Pascal on a Prime computer under Prime's > native OS (PrimeOS???)? If so, could you tell me flavor of Pascal > it is and where I can obtain some info on it, eg. distributor > contacts, manuals, books, etc... Here at Swarthmore we have several Pr1mes (750,9950). We have two pascal compilers: the standard Pr1me pascal compiler, and one from the University of Sheffield (in england). The Sheffield compiler is the only one that gets any real use. Here are the issues.... Language implementation: Sheffield wins here. The compiler is very nice. It runs pretty fast, and generates ok code (some peephole optimizations). It supports ISO level 0 pascal, with several enhancements: UCSD style strings, random access files, and PR1ME specific things like PL/I exception handlers, etc. Other Pr1me languages are callable from sheffield, but not necessarily vice-versa (this is too bad.) Sheffield pascal comes with compiler sources. OS issues: The one advantage that using the native pascal compiler gives you is that it is always up to date with changes to the OS. After each upgrade Sheffield ususally breaks in some way, and you have to get patches from them. Also, I don't think Sheffield pascal uses the new dynamic library loading mechanism, so runfiles are bigger than need be. (This might have been fixed, though. I haven't looked into it for a long time; the CS department bought a network of Suns last summer :-) You can get docs on the compilers by writing to their makers. I presume you can get Pr1me's address. I don't have the address for Sheffield handy, but if you need it, I can try to get it for you. -- # Scott Schwartz @ Swarthmore College Computer Science Program # UUCP: ...{{seismo,ihnp4}!bpa, cbmvax!vu-vlsi, sun!liberty}!swatsun!schwartz # AT&T: (215)-328-8610 /* lab phone *.c