RALPH@UHHEPG.BITNET (11/25/87)
Date: 23-NOV-1987 08:16:42.99 From: Ralph Becker-Szendy RALPH AT UHHEPG To: BITNET::"info-cpm@simtel20.arpa",RALPH Subj: Help in selecting the right Modula 2 needed Hi everyone we are contemplating buying a Modula 2 compiler for cp/m. It has to run on a Z80 (although the processor is soon going to be a Z280). As far as I can see, there are three compilers on the market (excluding the one for UCSD-p): - Turbo Modula 2 (available from Echelon for $89.95), - the Zuerich M2 compiler (available from W&A for $160), and - FTL Modula 2 (also W&A for $49.95). Now the question: who has some experience with those compilers (both good and bad), and if you know them well: which one would you recommend ? I do not need ROM-able code (but it may be handy some time), but i DO need linking with assembler code (but not necessarily an inline-assembler). A nice user-interface helps, but is not really necessary. Extreme compilation speed is not a must, but the code should be fast and particularly tight (i expect some programs to be limited by code size). Any bad or good advice is appreciated. BTW, apologies to Keith Petersen and John S. Fisher. I was too harsh about the "ARPA-net attitude of Simtel20". But i still think there should be more cp/m file servers, both on BITNET and on other nets. Ralph Becker-Szendy RALPH@UHHEPG.BITNET University of Hawaii / High Energy Physics Group (808)948-7391 Watanabe Hall #203, 2505 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822 "Hawaii - it's not just for tourists. People actually live and work there."
kludge@pyr.gatech.EDU (Scott Dorsey) (11/29/87)
In article <8711242228.AA06102@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> RALPH@UHHEPG.BITNET writes: >we are contemplating buying a Modula 2 compiler for cp/m. It has to run on a >Z80 (although the processor is soon going to be a Z280). As far as I can see, >there are three compilers on the market (excluding the one for UCSD-p): >- Turbo Modula 2 (available from Echelon for $89.95), >- the Zuerich M2 compiler (available from W&A for $160), and >- FTL Modula 2 (also W&A for $49.95). I have used the Zurich M2 compiler, and if you like astoundingly slow compilation, and enjoy being able to go out to lunch during compiles, this is the compiler for you. It also has some bad compiler bugs. Stay away from this one. -- Scott Dorsey Kaptain_Kludge SnailMail: ICS Programming Lab, Georgia Tech, Box 36681, Atlanta, Georgia 30332 Internet: kludge@pyr.gatech.edu uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ihnp4,linus,rutgers,seismo}!gatech!gitpyr!kludge