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From: randy@m2xenix.psg.com (Randy Bush)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: Standard libraries (was Re: SYSTEM)
Message-ID: <1990May3.145026.3169@m2xenix.psg.com>
Date: 3 May 90 14:50:26 GMT
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pas@unhd.unh.edu.UUCP (Paul A. Sand) writes:
> George.Emery@p42.f369.n105.z1.fidonet.org (George Emery) writes:
>> I'm thinking that there is a fundamental difference between libraries written
>> for C and those for Modula-2.  C presumes an operating system that can handle
>> forks and multiple processes -- Modula-2 doesn't.
> That's simply nonsense. C presumes some things about so-called hosted
> implementations, but that's not one of them.  For goodness sake, I had
> a C compiler on my Apple II.  Where in the world do people get such
> misinformation?

And, while we're on the subject of Modula-2, the Modula-2 system I used on the
Apple ][ had coroutines and interrupts.
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