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From: jensting@skinfaxe.diku.dk (Jens Tingleff)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: DEC WRL Modula-2. Why don't we start sharing code / talking / etc ??
Keywords: compiler
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Date: 3 Jul 90 08:43:54 GMT
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First, a delayed thank you to those who answered my original query
about DEC Modula-2.


Now that DECWRL Modula-2 has become available, how about starting 
communications about it ? One of the replies I saw after posting
my question about DEC M2 mentioned that a back-end for MC68000 had been 
build. [I'm sorry to have forgotten the name of the person who posted
the reply, I probably lost my copy when ``compress'' killed my 300KB
worth of saved News articles.] Since the compiler is now out under a fairly
liberal license, sharing code could benefit everyone -- as well as being
fairly legal ;-).

My personal plans would be to

	-1 adapt the syntax to the posted ISO M2 syntax (where possible..)

	-2 do a port to the Atari ST 68000 based computer. The ST really
	   needs a good (and free ..) M2 compiler.

Any deadline for these would be ``not Really Soon Now'' ;-(

	Jens

Jens Tingleff MSc EE, Institute of Computer Science, Copenhagen University
Snail mail: DIKU Universitetsparken 1 DK2100 KBH O
"It never runs around here; it just comes crashing down"
	apologies to  Dire Straits