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From: Peter.M..Perchansky@f101.n273.z1.fidonet.org (Peter M. Perchansky)
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Subject: Re: Modula-2, get real.
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Date: 7 Jun 90 14:49:29 GMT
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Hello James:

    Logitech is slow ;-)  Try Stony Brook or JPI's Modula-2.

    Is Modula-2 as powerful as C?

    JPI is using TopSpeed Modula-2 to write their "ANSI Standard" TopSpeed C compiler.

    Portability... tough question.  Is C portable? Is Modula-2 portable.

    A lot of persons say C is portable, but... the standard just came out and not all vendors were close to the standard (some were around 40%, others were 90%).  So, how portable is C?

    There currently is no standard for Modula-2, so the same point stands.

    Most compilers follow the "defacto standard" set up by Wirth; following Programming in Modula-2 III (PIM3) or IV (PIM4).  So, the language itself has some portability in it.

    However, Wirth supplied little in his papers concerning what libraries should contain or how they should be formatted; so, there is little to go by in terms of "standard" libraries.  Although most software publishers (Stony Brook, Logitech, JPI, etc.) are competing with each other and usually have similar libraries because of it.



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