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From: jmh@coyote.uucp (John Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Working with FST Modula-2: Opinions, anyone?
Keywords: modula, modula-2, fst, compiler
Message-ID: <1990Oct25.030545.16556@coyote.uucp>
Date: 25 Oct 90 03:05:45 GMT
Reply-To: jmh@coyote.UUCP (John Hughes)
Organization: Datalog Consulting, Tucson, AZ
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I've been using Roger Carvalho's Fitted Software Tools Modula-2
compiler for quite a while now, and I've come to like it. Other
than some I/O mechanisms I didn't agree with (and which were
easily changed, since registered owners get the sources to all the
library modules) I really haven't run into anything that seemed
insurmountable.

Granted, it may not be the best compiler for extremely large projects,
or those that require object overlays and such. Then again, maybe it
is... I don't know, since I haven't really done anything that fits
into the catagory of what I consider "large" with it yet.

So, does anyone have opinions about this shareware product? Is it
suitable for large projects? How does it stack up against the
commercial compilers? Should I consider switching to a commerical
compiler?

By the way, for those not familiar with this product, it can be
found on many BBS's around the US. The shareware distribution version
is also available from the FST BBS at (214) 517-4629. There was
also a conference on the BIX system, but I don't know the status
of that.

-John Hughes


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