will@cygnet.UUCP (06/08/87)
I'm new to this group, so please bear with me if this has been
discussed recently.
I'm looking for Modula-2 that works in a UNIX environment,
particularly for a VAX 780 running 4.2BSD. Is there such a beast?
Whom should I contact to get it?
Please e-mail directly to me. I'll post a summary if enough
interest is generated.
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Will Nelson uucp: {ucbvax!decvax!decwrl}!pyramid!oliveb!cygnet!will
Cygnet Systems, Inc.
601 West California Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-4831
(408) 773-0770system@syzzle.chi.il.us (SYSTEM 0PERATOR) (01/25/91)
Here is a summary of the responses I have received so far regarding
Modula-2 compilers for UNIX systems:
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Oregon Software, Inc. provides C++, Pascal-2, and Modula-2 compilers
for 680x0 machines which include Sun-3, Motorola, HP 9000/300, and 386
under SCO Xenix and Unix.
The company also writes compilers for DEC VAX supporting VMS and Ultrix,
and the NCR Tower Series.
The compiler is a true compiler (it produces object code) with a source
level debugger.
Pricing for VAX/VMS is based on CPU. The price for a microVAX II is $3000.00.
Price for Modula-2 for SCO Unix/386 is $895.00
For more information contact:
Oregon Software, Inc.
6915 S.W. Macadam Ave.
Suite 200
Portland, OR 97219
503-245-2202 FAX: 503-245-8449
..!uunet!oresoft!support or support@oresoft.uu.net
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Rowley Associates in England. They have a whole slew of cross and
native M2 compilers, and quite good too. I think they have compilers for
68K, 88K, Mips, Transputers and 80386, running on all kinds of platforms.
Rowley Associates
32 Rowley
Cam
Dursley Glos. GL11 5NT
UK
Phone: 0453-547916
Fax: 0453-544068
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M2CC/C Modula-2 to C Translator
which is available for VMS, ULTRIX, UNIX, OS/2 and DOS. The license
prices are depending on the number of users, the base prices are as
follows:
- DOS, single user SFr. 1,500.--
- OS/2, single user SFr. 1,800.--
- VMS or ULTRIX, two users SFr. 2,500.--
- SCO XENIX or UNIX, two users SFr. 2,500.--
- Other UNIX systems upon request
The Modula-2 to C Translator uses C as an intermediate language whereby
Modula-2 becomes available on as many systems as C.
Main features of M2CC/C
- Generates code for all common C compilers
- Interface to C libraries and runtime systems
- All Modula-2 language constructs are fully translated into C
(no manual patching necessary)
- Comprehensive Make utility
For further information, please contact:
Glance Ltd, Gewerbestrasse 4, CH-8162 Steinmaur (Switzerland)
Phone: +41-1-853.39.49
Fax: +41-1-853.08.09
e-mail: heinz@glance.ch
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There was an old version of the well known Logitech Compiler ported to
Xenix in its Version 2.0 of 1987. Called Modula-2/X 0.5 from
Logitech in early 1988 but I do not think that any one will be interested
because there is no support.
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The company EPC (Edinburgh Portable Compilers, Ltd) have a series of
compilers for different systems. Their Modula-2 compiler is available
for (among others) these systems:
SCO Unix V
Motorola 88000 generic (we have this one)
Sun 3 and Sun 4
Unisys 6000 series
Sequent Symmetry
Interactive Unix V
ICL DRS 400E and 6000
Solbourne
Contact:
EPC
17 Alva Street
Edinburgh EH2 4PH
UK
Telephone: +44 31 225 6262
Fax: +44 31 225 6644
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we offer one Modula-2 system for 3 UNIX-Systems:
(1) Concurrent 3200 Series, XELOS R02
(2) Nixdorf Targon/31, UNIX System V.3
(3) Sun 3, SunOS 4.*
(3) is available per anonymous ftp from titania.mathematik.uni-ulm.de
(134.60.66.21). A licence agreement is necessary for the compiler
sources (derived from the 4-pass Lilith compiler of ETH Zurich).
All other sources are free and included in the archive of our ftp site.
The system includes following components
+ 4-pass Modula-2 compiler which conforms to the 3rd edition of PIM.
Earlier revisions of Modula-2 are supported, too.
+ A very large library which is completely written in Modula-2
(our Modula-2 system does not support interfaces to C or other
languages). The library includes all important UNIX system calls (even
signal handling), an I/O package (similar to stdio) and
a window package (similar to curses).
+ Makefile-generator. It is possible to update generated makefiles which
has been modified "by hand" without losing the modifications.
The makefile generator supports multiple mains, symbol archives,
libraries, and dependencies to the library.
+ Source level debugger.
+ myacc - yacc-version which generates Modula-2. Available via
anonymous ftp.
+ Other tools: pretty printer, generation of tags etc.
The current release is 2.2.
Following packages has been ported to our Modula-2 and are available,
provided you have a licence of the original version:
+ LIDAS database. Includes RDS (relational database system; Modula-2
library which realizes a relational database) and Modula/R.
Currently only available for Concurrent 3200 and Nixdorf Targon/31.
+ Modula--Prolog
Andreas Borchert, SAI, Universitaet Ulm, Oberer Eselsberg, D-7900 Ulm, Germany
borchert@mathematik.uni-ulm.de
postmaster@uni-ulm.de
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The Western Research Laboratory of Digital Equipment Corporation is
pleased to announce the availability of their Modula-2 compiler for all
models of DECStations. Len Lattanzi retargeted the front end to
generate MIPS ucode, modified the intermodule checker, and made the
compiler generate entries that are as compatible with dbx as possible
without actually changing dbx.
The new compiler runs on DECStations under Ultrix. It will certainly
not run on any big-endian MIPS machine, and I have no inclination to
make it do so. It may run on other UNIX operating systems, but don't
hold your breath.
Since we have not yet merged source trees, this compiler is slightly
different from the compiler recently announced for the VAX. The
DECStation release contains just binaries, so you probably also want to
retrieve the VAX version of the compiler, which contains extensive
documentation. The MIPS file is about 460 kilobytes; the VAX file is
about 3.4 megabytes.
The release can be obtained from gatekeeper.dec.com, in the file
/pub/DEC/Modula-2/m2.mips.tar.Z. (Internal DEC sites can retrieve over
DECNET at decwrl::/pub/DEC/Modula-2/m2.mips.tar.Z) You should create
the directory /usr/local/lib/mod, copy this file into it, then
uncompress m2.mips.tar.Z
tar xf m2.mips.tar
ln -s /usr/local/lib/mod/mod /usr/local/bin/mod
In this release, the passes of the compiler, the library file libmod.a,
and all definition modules live in /usr/local/lib/mod. This should
change in the next release to match the VAX version. Also, any bug
fixes in m2/Bugs dated 1990 are not included; in particular, definition
files must have an export list of some sort.
Below is the announcement of the VAX compiler and licensing terms, for
those missed the announcement a few days ago.
The Western Research Laboratory of Digital Equipment Cor-
poration is pleased to announce the availability of a new
version of their Modula-2 compiler for VAXes running Ultrix
or BSD. (The compiler has also been ported to the MIPS and
to VMS; these versions should be available ``soon.'')
The compiler was designed and built by Michael L. Powell,
and originally released in 1984. Joel McCormack has since
sped the compiler up, fixed lots of bugs, and stolen/written
a User's Manual. The compiler appears to be one of the best
compilers for the VAX in terms of efficiency of the gen-
erated code. The error messages are quite a bit better than
those from the Ultrix C compiler and the compile time is
about the same as cc and gcc. Further, the compiler
includes an intermodule checker that uses fine-grained
dependencies rather than timestamps, so you can modify
definition modules in upward-compatible ways without recom-
piling the world.
The compiler includes several extensions. The most notable
are: provisions for interfacing with procedures and data
types written in other languages like C and Pascal (a defin-
ition module for the X11 C library is included); dynamic
array variables, subarray parameters, and multi-dimensional
open array parameters; inline procedures; complete support
for the LONGFLOAT type; and a pseudo-module providing a
type-checked interface to the C library I/O routines.
In addition, the compiler front end can be conditionally
compiled to generate a Pascal compiler that accepts a
language almost identical to Berkeley Pascal. (Procedure
parameters are not supported, and record layout and parame-
ter passing conventions are somewhat different.)
The distribution also includes a program that does most of
the translation of Berkeley Pascal programs into Modula-2.
The compiler is available for anonymous ftp from
gatekeeper.dec.com, in the compressed tar file
/pub/DEC/Modula-2/m2.vax.tar.Z. Once you have copied this
file, you can uncompress it and untar it, like:
uncompress m2.vax.tar.Z
tar xf m2.vax.tar
From there, read the README file, and the doc/installation.f
file.
The compiler is available to DEC sites over DECNET at
decwrl::/pub/DEC/Modula-2/m2.vax.tar.Z.
The compiler is also available by magnetic tape. Send a
check made out to Digital Equipment Corporation for $100 US
to:
Director of Licensing
Digital Equipment Corporation
Western Research Laboratory
100 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Unlike the previous license, the new license does not res-
trict use of the compiler to educational institutions. The
license agreement is as follows:
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Users of this software agree to the terms and conditions set
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exclusive, unrestricted, royalty-free right and license
under any changes, enhancements or extensions made to the
core functions of the software, including but not limited to
those affording compatibility with other hardware or
software environments, but excluding applications which
incorporate this software. Users further agree to use their
best efforts to return to Digital any such changes, enhance-
ments or extensions that they make and inform Digital of
noteworthy uses of this software. Correspondence should be
provided to Digital at:
Director of Licensing
Western Research Laboratory
Digital Equipment Corporation
100 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, California 94301
This software may be distributed (but not offered for sale
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If you have any questions, you can send mail to
decwrl!modula-2
or
modula-2@decwrl.dec.com
or
decwrl::modula-2
This compiler has a number of internal and external users
and we feel it is quite reliable. However, new users often
find new bugs so we expect to hear from some of those who
try it. No promises about bug fixes or new releases,
though.