distrib@utcsri.UUCP (CSRI Distribution Manager) (01/14/86)
The compiler group at the Computer Systems Research Institute,
University of Toronto has produced a version of the Concurrent
Euclid (ConEuc) programming language that runs on 8086 MS-DOS systems.
(Our previous versions run on Vaxes, PDP-11s, 370s, SUNs, etc.)
ConEuc is being used at the University of Toronto in many high-level
undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
Concurrent Euclid is a systems programming language developed from
the Euclid programming language. It combines systems programming
features with concurrency, monitors, a highly structured syntax and
fully defined semantics. This allows the development of software that
is verifiable and efficient.
ConEuc has been used to write: compilers (for example, itself, Turing),
operating systems (TUNIS, a UNIX compatible operating system),
compiler writing tools (Syntax/Semantics Language), networking systems
(HUBNET), etc. There are 100s of universities and commercial
enterprises that already use ConEuc on machines such as the VAX (VMS
and UNIX), IBM 3033, 68000s and PDP-11s.
We have now developed an MS-DOS version that we've used successfully
on IBM-PC's, Eagles, TI-PC's, etc. We are interested in
distributing it to people who are willing to evaluate a new
and potentially useful tool in exchange for a copy of it. The version
we will be distributing in this beta-test will require an 8086-family
PC (yes 8088's, 80188's, etc. are OK) with at least 256K RAM and a hard
disk. We will be shipping some documentation (not everything everyone
will want I'm sure, but enough) and 3 floppies that come with an
INSTALL.COM that will place all the necessary files on your hard disk
in directory \CONEUC.
Our budget will allow us to produce 100 copies of the compiler
distribution to be given away without cost to serious software
people who are willing to send us written comments about the quality of
the distribution and the compiler. We are supplying a graphics
interface for those with the colour graphics options. The distribution
contains a complete compiler, paragrapher, and full-screen editor.
System and graphics interfaces are also supplied.
You should also have a copy of the book "Concurrent Euclid, UNIX,
and TUNIS" by R.C. Holt (Addison-Wesley).
This is only a preliminary version; all rights remain with the
University of Toronto. You may not distribute or sell the compiler
without direct written consent from the University of Toronto.
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