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From: Pat.Terry@p101.f4.n494.z5.fidonet.org (Pat Terry)
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Subject: PIM2 4th edition support
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Date: 23 Oct 90 04:36:02 GMT
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In Message-ID: <28291@boulder.Colorado.EDU> Richard Wolniewicz asks


 >  Does anyone know what edition of PIM2 is supported by the various IBM PC
 >compilers?  

Nearly all support as close to 3rd edition as they understand, I think, except
that JPI has some radical extensions (evem in its 1.17 release)

 >I have FST, which I believe supports 3rd edition

version 2b is the latest I know, and it's a pretty good Edition 3.  It has
a few extensions (LONG/SHORT and FLAT/PTR conversions, and from SYSTEM you can 
import ASSEMBLER that allows you then to do in-place 8086 assembler mnemonics.

 >If they have extensions (e.g. JPI), can the compiler generate 
 >warnings for code that does not follow PIM2?

Not in JPI's case.

 >  Also, does anyone know of a compiler which will flag at least a warning
 >for the rule at the end of chapter 19 of PIM2, where Prof. Wirth writes:

 >  "No assignments to variables occuring in the with clause should be made
 >   within the statement sequence, except of course to the fields of the
 >   designated record."

No
 
 




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