john@bradley.UUCP (10/14/87)
We are using a version of Modula-2 for AT&T 3B computers that was developed
at Brussels Free University and distributed by Olivetti. We have discovered
and fixed several bugs.
Is there anyone who is using this compiler, or doing any development work on
the actual compiler?
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John Lengeling UUCP: {cepu,ihnp4,uiucdcs}!bradley!john
Bradley University ARPA: cepu!bradley!john@CS.UCLA
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Peoria, IL 61625HARV@KSUVAX1.BITNET (Harvard Townsend) (10/16/87)
We are using the same compiler rather extensively. We too have found several bugs, but the most annoying ones are in the binary compiler itself, so we cannot fix them: TRUNC function generates incorrect assembly code The name of a file containing the source code for a program cannot start with a digit: the compiler dies immediately. If a source file has a syntax error in it, AND a line with > 132 chars, the compiler dies before error messages are printed. It can handle lines > 132 chars as long as there are no syntax errors. An exported ARRAY OF CHAR that is not 0-indexed is treated as 0-indexed when imported by a client module. There are some other errors in the Libraries (not using MODLIB environment variable as advertised, not setting "Done" in FileSystem.ReadRecord, ..., but these can be fixed since we have the source for them. What bugs have you found, and how have you fixed them? I would also like to modify it to recognize the revised form of the language. AT&T tells me that they will post bug fixes and distribute source some time in the future through u3g, the University System V Unix Users Group (mostly donation recipients). in the mean time, we live with it. I have written a manual page and a more extensive user's guide. Let me know if you want a copy. ______________________________________ Harvard Townsend, Systems Manager Dept. of Computing & Information Sciences Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506 (913)532-6350 CSNET: harv@kansas-state -or- harv@ksu.edu BITNET: harv@ksuvax1.bitnet -or- harv%ksuvax1.bitnet@WISCVM.WISC.EDU UUCP: ihnp4!wnuxa!ksuvax1!harv AT&T Mail: attmail!htownsend