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                 Modula-2 Frequently Asked Questions Part 2

4. WHERE CAN I GET SOURCE CODE, OTHER INFO?

4.1.1 Is there source or other info available on the net?
A. Here are some net sites I have accessed at one time or another. I am not
sure if all are still available or what is in them.
ftp://ee.newcastle.edu.au/pub/modula2/
ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/
ftp://FTP.twu.ca/pub/modula2/m2faq.html ( Home of this FAQ)
ftp://ftp.inf.ethz.ch/pub/
ftp://NIC.SWITCH.CH
ftp://sageftp.inel.gov/pub/sage/
ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/pub/soft/modula/

WWW sites
http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Programming_Languages/Modula_2/

http://i44www.info.uni-karlsruhe.de/~vollmer/mocka.html
http://www.dct.com/~johnm/M2info.html

http://www.ualberta.ca/~pkobly/

http://stoner.cidde.pitt.edu/Modula2/http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/xtdlib.htm

http://cs.ru.ac.za/homes/cspt/modula2.htm

4.2 What other FAQs or lists of pages are available?
A. Try  http://www.ee.newcastle.edu.au/users/staff/peter/m2/Modula2.html
A2. (commercial) http://www.dct.com/~johnm/M2info.html
A3. http://www.ualberta.ca/~foka/Computer.html#Modula-2
A4. http://www.ualberta.ca/~foka/Computer.html#Modula-2
A5. http://www.dct.com/~johnm/xdslinks.html
A6. http://stoner.cidde.pitt.edu/Modula2/
A7. http://burks.bton.ac.uk/burks/language/modula2/index.htm

4.3  Where can I find graphics libraries, etc?
A1. Try the PMOS library for various platforms
athttp://www.ee.newcastle.edu.au/users/staff/peter/m2/PMOS/PMOS.html
 (Australia)
   or, at one of the following sites:
  ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/code  (North America)
ftp://cs.ru.ac.za/pub/languages   (South Africa)
ftp://dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl/pub/modula2 (Western Europe)
ftp://ftp.cnit.nsu.ru/pub/msdos/programm.ing/modula2   (Eastern Europe).

A2. there is a graphics library MultiGraph available through the MultiGraph
home page at
http://www.ccas.ru/~iak/mg2.htm  It supports nearly all the Super-VGA
graphics modes on VESA-compatible graphics boards, including high-color and
true-color modes. You may also contact
   Databiten AB
   P O Box 115
   811 22 Sandviken
   SWEDEN
   phone: [phone]
   fax:   [phone]
OR
   Alex Iakovlev
   Computing Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
   40, Vavilov Street, Moscow, GSP-1, 117967, Russia
   mailto:[e-mail]


4.4 Are there any mathematical libraries available?
A1. See Numerical Procedures in Modula-2 -- authorized translation of
Numerical recipes in Pascal from PolyWare (Klara Vancso): [e-mail]
(work) OR [e-mail]   (home) The CD-ROM has the Modula-2 sources. See
http://www.nr.com

A2. A numerical analysis package (as Modula-2 source files) is now
available.  Information can be found at:
http://www.ee.newcastle.edu.au/users/staff/peter/m2/NumAnal.html
=46rom this point one can download a classical (PIM) version or a standard
(ISO) version.

The modules in this package are:
    Complex arithmetic: most of the usual operations, including the
         recently-requested SIN and COS.
    Matrices: operations on matrices of any size (up to a maximum
         size limit, of course) - things like addition, multiplication,
         inverse, solving linear equations, eigenvalues.
    Polynomials: including root-finding.
    Fast Fourier Transform.
    Solving ordinary differential equations.
A3. LMathLib is a library that defines a number of mathematical functions
for Modula 2 programs. Unlike other libraries of the same kind, LMathLib
patches the Modula 2 compiler. All library functions are inlined as
assembler code for the Floating Point Unit. This results in faster code
compared to the traditional solution with subroutine calls. Due to this
machine dependent technique, you can use the library ONLY with the (free)
GMD Modula System Mocka for Linux on INTEL based machines. You can get the
LMathLib library via anonymous ftp from
ftp://tee-1.tee.uni-essen.de/pub/Mocka/(132.252.131.33) Documentation is
included.

A4. MATHPAK 87/32 is available for most 32-bit compilers. A lite version
for Canterbury M2 is freely downloadable from
http://www.webcom.com/mhc/welcome.html
=46eatures:
 Written fully in INTEL CPU machine language
  Math Coprocessor control
  Basic Math functions
  Vector and Vector-Scalar Routines
  Vector and Vector-Scalar 'Skip' Procedures
  Complex Number Routines
  Complex Vector and Vector-Scalar Routines
  Polynomial Manipulation Routines
  Simple Matrix and Vector-Matrix Routines
  Solving Systems of Linear and Nonlinear Equations
  Unconstrained Minimization
  Nonlinear Least-Squares Minimization
  Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
  Singular Value Decomposition
  Extrapolation of Vector-Sequences
  Statistical and Data-Fitting Rountines
  Fourier Transforms and Convolution
  Spectral Analysis Routines
  Numerical Integration
  Differential Equations


4.5  Where can I get a Modula-2 to C converter?
A: The program mtc is available by anonymous ftp from
ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/grosch/mtc.tar.Z
ftp://ftp.ira.uka.de/pub/programming/cocktail/mtc.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.Uni-Koeln.DE/usenet/comp.archives/languages/modula-2/mtc/
An already ported version for DOS+DJGPP can be found at
ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/unix/programming/modula/
Several of the compilers available work by producing C code and can also
serve this purpose. See p1 and XDS listings.


4.6  Where can I get a Modula-2 to Modula-3 converter?
A. m2tom3 is available under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
License from
ftp://ftp-i3.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Modula-3-Contrib/m2tom3/
   m2tom3 is a system to port Modula-2 programs to Modula-3. It consists
of two parts:
 - A conversion program which tries to create a Modula-3 source text
   with the same semantics as the Modula-2 input while retaining the
   original look and feel as good as possible.
 - A base library which tries to emulate the Modula-2 standard library
   using the Modula-3 standard library.
  contact: Peter Klein
  office:  Ahornstrasse 55, 52074 Aachen, Germany
  e-mail:  [e-mail].
  Tel.: [phone]
  Fax.: [phone]


4.7  Where can I get a Modula-2 to Component Pascal converter?
A.This is available from http://www.lrz.de/~Bernhard_Treutwein/m2o.txtNote:
Component Pascal is an Oberon dialect, but the translator does not use any
CP specificfeatures, i.e. generates standard Oberon-2.

4.8 Are there any Modula-2 applications around?
A. The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) develops and maintains
a now ~350,000 line public domain MODULA-2 reusable component library
called SAGE. For more information on SAGE send E-Mail to
[e-mail] and see the FTP server at
ftp://sageftp.inel.gov/pub/sage/


4.9 Are there any compiler construction tools available?
A1. Some old ones appear in ftp://ftp.gmd.de/GMD/cocktail/

A2. Coco/R generates recursive descent parsers and their associated
scanners from attribute grammars.  Full source code, and a variety of
simple example applications are supplied in the distribution kits.  The
Modula versions (1.45 is the latest) are available from
ftp://ftp.ssw.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/Coco/  and the Java versions are there
too, at ftp://ftp.ssw.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/Coco/javacoco.htm
See also:
ftp://ftp.inf.ethz.ch:/pub/software/Coco
ftp://ftp.psg.com:/pub/modula-2/coco
ftp://cs.ru.ac.za:/pub/coco
ftp://ftp.fit.qut.edu.au:/pub/coco
There are versions for the MS-DOS compilers (JPI, FST, Logitech,
StonyBrook, Gardens Point), for the Mocka compiler for Linux and FreeBSD,
as well as for the Gardens Point Unix compilers, including Linux and
=46reeBSD.  There is also a version that produces TurboPascal units very
similar to the Modula modules. A port for the P1 compiler on the Mac is
also available.  A port by Rolf Schrader for TDI Atari Modula-2 is now
available fromftp://cs.ru.ac.za:/pub/coco/ATARI136.EXE in the form of an
MS-DOS self-extracting file.  This may also be unpacked by using the LHA
decompressor on other systems. Latest information is available at
http://cs.ru.ac.za/homes/cspt/cocor.htm.

A2. A copy of the EBNF for ISO Modula-2 can be found in Appendix 3 at:
http://www.csc.twu.ca/rsbook


4.10 Does anyone know of a lexical analysis tool that is written in
Modula-2 and for Modula-2 code?
A.You want rex, part of Cocktail (also ll and lalr parser generators,
abstract syntax trees, attribute grammar evaluators, tree  Free version:

ftp://ftp.ira.uka.de:/pub/programming/cocktail/

 Commercial version and support:
  Dr.-Ing. Josef Grosch        Tel.  : [phone]
  CoCoLab                      Fax   : [phone]
  Hagsfelder Allee 16          EMail : [e-mail]
  D-76131 Karlsruhe

4.11 Is there a static analyzer for Modula-2 code?
A.You want OSA, a backend for XDS compilers only, available from
http://www.xds.ru/osa/4.12 Is there an applications framework for Windows
programming?
A. Try looking at
ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no/pub/sjr/m2afx.zip
orftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/pc/windows/programming/modula/m2afx.z=
ip


This software is an application framework that implements a number of
classes that encapsulate the weirdness of the Windows C API and attempts to
present it in a cleaner way to the Modula-2 programmer.

4.13 Does there exist something to convert a C header file to a Modula-2
DEFINITION MODULE file for me?
A. Try looking at the XDS Ltd site for the H2D freeware product on some
platforms

4.14 Is there any Benchmark code out there?
A. Try looking at the XDS Ltd site for their benchmark
suite.http://www.dct.com/~johnm/xdsfbdlo.html#benchmarks
4.15 Where can I get the C code of a Modula-2 compiler?
A. Most Modula-2 compilers are written in Modula-2.  It seems
rather strange to me that one would want to trust the compilation of a
good language to a tool written in a poor one.4.16 What can I do with old
sources from Modula Corp?
A. From the former president Richard Ohran ([e-mail]): Modula Corp.
is dead. Do whatever you like.4.17 Are there source code examples anywhere
for Windows programmers?
A. Translations of Example Programs in Charles Petzold's book "Programming
Windows 95" from Visual C++ to Stony Brook and XDS Modula-2 by Peter
Stadler, Vienna can be found at:
http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/Petzold/Index.html
4.18 Can you help me with my assignments?
A1. Some people may give you hints, but please do not subvert your
professor and your education by submitting work other people do for you.

A2. Here are two answers submitted to the newsgroup in response to s
desperate student's plea for ANY Modula-2 program.  The first is rather
prosaic; the second a little more imaginative:
MODULE homework;

IMPORT STextIO;

BEGIN
  LOOP
    STextIO.WriteString ("I will do my own homework.");
    STextIO.WriteLn;
  END;
END homework.

main()
{
    int i;

    for(i=3D0; i<100; i++)
        printf("I will do my own homework.\n");

} Followup Question: Is that Modula-2? I just finished my first course in
Modula-2 and that don't look at all familiar. I'm not looking forward to
the final exam.
 A. (Pat Terry) Computer Science changes sooo rapidly.  Haven't you
discovered Modula-2++ yet?
***************************************************

5. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON CODE AND ALGORITHMS

5.1 Where can I get an algorithm for an efficient random number generator?
A1. Pierre L'Ecuyer: Efficient and Portable Combined Random Number
Generators, Communications of the ACM, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 742-749. The RNG
has a period of approximately 2.3E+18. Generating 1 000 000 numbers per
second, that means that it would take over 73 000 years before it repeated
a sequence.

A2.Have a look at
http://stoner.cidde.pitt.edu/Modula2/
A3.Look in the PMOS library. This one uses the 'Minimal standard random
number generator' described by Park & Miller, CACM 31,10,Oct 88 p1192. The
code has been checked for the 10001st random as specified in Park & Miller
p1195. One site is:
ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/code/random/
5.2 How can I prevent NIL pointer errors?
A.First guard your reference by writing
IF (myPointer # NIL) AND (myPointer^.fieldname =3D)...etc.
Because Modula-2 has short circuited Boolean expression evaluation, the
first part guards the second from being evaluated inappropriately. Then,
take the radical, unC-like step of checking your code design for the
logical error that led to the incorrect reference in the first place.5.3
Why doesn't my IF statement compile?
A.See the example in the last subsection.  Boolean expressions must be
delineated with parentheses.5.4 Can I assume numeric variables are set to
zero and Booleans to FALSE?
A. No. The values of variables are random until your code sets them.
Declaring does not initialize.5.5 Why do conversions from real to whole
types sometimes crash?
A.You need to protect your conversion code by using MAX (TYPE) and MIN
(TYPE) which are part of the ISO Modula-2 base
language.***************************************************

6. WHAT ARE SOME REFERENCE MATERIALS ON MODULA-2?

A1. A shareware text I have written (and that MAY be the only currently
maintained English language instructional text on Modula-2) is available as
html in
http://www.csc.twu.ca/rsbook
mirrors: Austria- http://eiunix.tuwien.ac.at/Modula-2/rsbook/- the U.K.
http://www.comp.it.bton.ac.uk/rsbook
- the U.S. http://www.mesastate.edu/~ethomson/modula2/
and as postscript in ftp://FTP.twu.ca/pub/modula2/Modula-2Text/Chapters.ps/

A2.The manuals for some of the commercial products such as TopSpeed contain
much useful information.

A3. The Gardens Point sites have documentation available (see their listing
above.)

A4. A document called Modula-2 for Pascal programmers (Postscript,10 pages)
may be fetched by anonymous ftp at
ftp://ee.newcastle.edu.au/pub/modula2/Modula2.ps.Z
The author has not updated the contents for a couple of years, so there may
be minor inaccuracies in terms of the current language standard.

A5. A variety of ETH papers are stored at ftp.ftp.ethz.ch in /doc/diss,
/doc/tech-reports and /pub/oberon/docu

A6. What follows is a BIBLIOGRAPHY of some published materials in a table
delimited by two spaces between fields:

Author  Title  City  Publisher  Year  Subject

    Adams, J. Mack Gabrini, Philippe J & Kurtz, Barry L.  An
Introduction to Computer Science with Modula-2  Lexington, MA  D.C. Heath &
Co  1988
    Backhurst, Nigel G.  Mastering Modula 2  Wilmslow  Sigma  1988
    Beidler, John & Jackowitz, Paul  Modula-2  Boston  Prindle Weber &
Schmidt  1985
    Blaschek, G. & Pomberger, G.  Introduction To Programming With
Modula-2   Springer-Verlag  1990
    Budgen, David  Software Development with Modula-2  Reading, MA
Addison-Wesley  1989
    Carmony, Lowell A. & Holliday, Robert L.  A First Course In
Modula-2  New York  Computer Science Press  c1990
    Carroll, D. W.  Advanced Modula-2 Programming for the IBM PC  XT
and AT  Elsevier  1986
    Chirlian, Paul M.  Introduction to Modula-2  Beaverton, Or.  Matrix
Publishers
    Christian, Kaare  A guide to Modula-2  New York  Springer-Verlag  1986
    Cooling, J.E.  Modula-2 for Microcomputer Systems    Van Nostrand
Reinhold  1988
    Cooper, Doug  Oh My!  Modula-2!  New York  Norton  1990
    Cornelius, Barry  Programming with TopSpeed Modula-2  Reading, MA
Addison Wesley  1991
    Eisenbach, Susan & Sadler, Cristopher  Program Design with Modula-2
Reading, MA  Addison-Wesley  1989
    Elder, Jim   Compiler Construction: A Recursive Descent model
Hemel Hempstead  England:  Prentice-Hall  1994
    Etling, Don  Modula-2 Programmer's Resource Book  Blue Ridge
Summit, PA  Tab Books  1988
    Feldman, Michael B.  Data Structures with Modula-2  Englewood
Cliffs, NJ  Prentice Hall  1988
    Ford, Gary & Wiener, Richard.  Modula-2: A Software Development
Approach  New York  Wiley  1985
    Gabrini, Philippe J. & Kurtz, Barry L.  Data Structures And
Algorithms With Modula-2  Lexington, MA  DC Heath  c1992
    Gleaves, Richard  Modula-2 for Pascal Programmers  New York
Springer-Verlag  1984
    Gough, K. John & Mohay, George M.  Modula-2: A Second Course In
Programming  Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice Hall  1988
    Greenfield, Stuart B.  Invitation to Modula-2    Petrocelli Books  1985
    Harrison, Rachael  Abstract Data Types in Modula-2  New York  Wiley
1989 Wiley
    Harter, Edward D.  Modula-2 Programming.  A First Course  Englewood
Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1990
    Helman, Paul & Veroff, Robert  Walls and Mirrors: Intermediate
Problem Solving and Data. Modula-2  Menlo Park, CA  Benjamin Cummings  1988
    Hewitt, Jill A. & Frak, Raymond J.  Software Engineering in
Modula-2:  an object-oriented approach   London  Macmillan  1989.
Hille, R.F.  Data Abstraction and Program Development Using Modula-2
Sydney  Prentice Hall  1989
    Hopper, Keith.  The Magic of Modula-2  Melbourne  Prentice Hall  1991
    Johnston, Chris  Applying Modula-2   Academic Press  1991
    Jones, William C. Jr.  Data Structures Using Modula-2  New York
Wiley  1988
    Jones, William C. Jr.  Modula-2 Problem Solving and Programming
with Style  New York  Harper & Row  1987
    Joyce, Edward J.  Modula-2: A Seafarer's Manual & Shipyard Guide
Reading, MA  Addison-Wesley   1985
    Kaplan, Ian & Miller, Mike  Modula-2 Programming  Rochelle Park, NJ
Hayden Book Co.  1986
    Kelly-Bootle, Stan  Modula-2 Primer    Howard W. Sams & Co.  1987
    King, K.N.  Modula-2: A Complete Guide  Lexington, MA  D.C. Heath &
Co  1988
    Knepley, Ed & Platt, Robert  Modula-2 Programming  Reston, VA
Reston Pub. Co.  1985
    Koffman, Elliot B.  Problem Solving and Structured Programming in
Modula-2  Reading, MA  Addison-Wesley  1988
    Kruse, Robert L.  Programming With Data Structures Modula-2 Version
Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1988
    Lawrence, Mike  Modula-2 And The Amiga  Avant-Garde Software  1990?
    Leestma, Sanford & Nyhoff, Larry  Programming & Problem-Solving in
Modula-2  New York  Macmillan  1989
    Lins, C. (Charles)  The Modula-2 Software Component Library Volumes
I-IV  New York  Springer-Verlag  1989-
    Mayer, Herbert G.  Programming in Modula-2.  the Art & the Craft
New York  Macmillan  1988
    McCracken, Daniel D. & W. Salmon  A Second Course in Computer
Science with Modula-2  New York  Wiley  1987
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Development  Oxford  Blackwell Scientific Publications  1986
    Metrowerks, Inc. Staff  Metrowerks Modula-2 Start Pak  New York
Macmillan  1990
    Mitchell, R. J.  Modula-2 Applied   London  Macmillan  1991
    Mitchell, Richard  Abstract Data Types And Modula-2  A Worked
Example Of Design Using Data Abstraction   Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice
Hall  1992
    Moore, John B. & McKay, Kenneth N.  Modula-2 Text and Reference
Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1987
    Novak, M.M.  Modula-2 in Science & Engineering  London  McGraw  1990
    Nyhoff, Larry & Leestma ,Sanford  Data Structures & Advanced
Programming in Modula-2  New York  Macmillan  1990
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    Pinson, Lewis Sincovec, Richard & Weiner, Richard  A First Course
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    Pittman, Thomas & Peters, James  The Art Of Compiler Design Theory
And Practice  Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1992
    Pomberger, Gustav.   Software Engineering and Modula-2  Englewood
Cliffs, NJ  Prentice Hall  1984
    Rechenberg, P. & M=F6ssenb=F6ck, H. (tr. O'Meara, John)  A Compiler
Generator for Microcomputers  Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice Hall / Carl
Hanser Verlag  1989
    Riley, David D.  Data Abstraction and Structures: An Introduction
To Computer Science II  Boston  Boyd & Fraser Pub. Co.  1987
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Science I  Boston  Boyd & Fraser Pub. Co.  1987
    Sale, Arthur H. J.  Modula-2: Discipline & Design  Sydney
Addison-Wesley  1986
    Sawyer, Brian & Foster, Dennis.   Programming Expert Systems in
Modula-2  New York  Wiley  1986
    Schildt, Herbert  Advanced Modula-2  Berkeley, CA  Osborne
McGraw-Hill  1987
    Schildt, Herbert  Modula-2 Made Easy  Berkeley, CA  Osborne
McGraw-Hill  1986
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Illustrated With Examples in Portal, Ada, and Modula-2    Halsted Press
1989
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Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1986
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Modula-2  London  Pitman  1988
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Springer-Verlag  1985
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Modula-2  New York   McGraw-Hill  1988
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Classical Recursive Descent Compiling   Hemel Hempstead  England:
Prentice-Hall  1994
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New York  Harper & Row  1987
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Belmont, CA  Wadsworth Pub. Co.  1986
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Reference  Blue Ridge Summit, PA  Tab Books  1988
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Glenview, IL  Scott Foresman  1987
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Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1987
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Back - Bridging The Language Gap  New York  Wiley
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Wiley  1986
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Modula-2 and Ada  New York  Wiley  1984
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Modula-2  London  Pitman  1992
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    Wirth, Niklaus  Algorithms and Data Structures (1986 edition)
Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1986
    Wirth, Niklaus  Programming in Modula-2 (4th ed.)   New York
Springer-Verlag  1990
    Woodman, Mark et al  Portable Modula-2 Programming  Maidenhead,
Berkshire UK  McGraw-Hill  1989

7. REVIEWS OF MODULA-2 PRODUCTS.

Note: The reviews have been contributed by others and I take no
responsibility for their accuracy or for any opinions expressed therein. I
have updated some of the facts.

p1 Modula-2 v5.2 for Macintosh, by Marc Martin, Dec 1994.This is an
excellent Modula-2 compiler, implemented as an MPW Tool. Highlights include
ISO language extensions & library, a full set of Macintosh toolbox
definitions, language extensions to simplify toolbox programming,
object-oriented extensions and support for MacApp, greater than 32k code
and globals, code generation comparable to Apple's official compilers,
several FPU code options, multi-window debugger, linkable with other MPW
languages, detailed documentation, and superb technical support via e-mail.
Downsides include high cost (US$400), dependency on MPW, lack of SADE
support. Version 6.0 has been released for creating PowerPC programs under
MPW or CodeWarrier.

GPM, MOD32, TopSpeed and XDS are reviewed at
http://www.eng.newcastle.edu.au/ee/Moylan/os2/os2m2.html

Appendix: AUTHOR INFORMATION AND DISCLAIMERS

Personal: I have used, written about, and taught Modula-2 (since 1983) and
have maintained some of the information in this list for over seven years.
I have used at least a dozen different compiler/environments in that time
on five different platforms, and have written numerous articles and reviews
for publication. I have been a member of the ISO committee WG13 (Modula-2
standardization) since its inception and have participated in all the
debates and meetings of WG13 except for meeting #9 at Lake Wanaka. I have
written a text on Modula-2 (now shareware), made numerous submissions to
WG13 and directed an implementation of the ISO I/O library in order to
verify its concepts. I am the author and project editor of Standard Generic
Modula-2.

Disclaimers:
(i) I take no responsibility for anyone's use or misuse of this information.
(ii) Apart from having been a beta tester, textbook writer, programmer and
a long time user of Modula-2, I have no financial connection with any
manufacturer or distributor of software. I am the author of some Modula-2
materials (some of which are shareware) as noted herein. Some manufacturers
may distribute my shareware on CD-ROM for a previously arranged fee, but
that is not an endorsement of their products by me or of mine by them.
(iii) In producing this material, I am NOT acting in an official capacity
for TWU, WG13, ABC, IEEE, ACM, comp.lang.modula2, or any other organization.
(iv) Mention of a book or product is NOT an endorsement unless specifically
noted.
(v) Inclusion of materials on this list is based on relevance to Modula-2
and factual content and is otherwise entirely without prejudice. I reserve
the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity, and usage.

To remain authoritative, this and all versions of this FAQ are copyright
1991-1998 by Rick Sutcliffe. This document may be freely copied and
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