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From: ldg@yoda.byu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: Is there a PD Modula-2 Compiler ? (For the Macintosh??
Summary: MacLogimo Plus: not all that bad, and getting better
Keywords: Modula-2, Public Domain, PD, MacLogimo Plus, clams
Message-ID: <349ldg@yoda.byu.edu>
Date: 5 Jan 91 14:35:25 GMT
References: <1991Jan01.173606.24200@rfengr.com>
Reply-To: ldg@yoda.byu.edu (Lyle D. Gunderson)
Organization: Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
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In <1991Jan01.173606.24200@rfengr.com>, rschnapp@pnet12.rfengr.com
(Russell Schnapp) writes:

>  There is indeed a PD Modula-2 for the Mac.  It is called MacLogimo Plus
>Modula-2, and it includes interfaces to much of the Mac Toolbox.  On the flip
>side, it is a little on the large side, has no support
                                             ^^^^^^^^^^
Wellll, the chap who brought MacLogimo Plus to its present state is working
on a new version, the last I talked to him. I am planning on helping him, as
well. Improvements include expansion of Toolbox coverage and improvements to
the libraries, and a much nicer working environment.

>(typical for PD
>products), and is a _very_ dated implementation.  The latest version (which
>you can download from the modula.2 listings area on BIX (the Byte Info
>eXchange), still thinks it is working with a pre-Hierarchical File System, so
>it must be installed in the root folder of a disk.  Since that disk has to be
>a hard disk in order to accommodate the system, it is a little inconvenient to
>have to litter the root folder with so many files.

While it is true that the development system wants things to look egalitarian,
that doesn't mean you have to litter the root directory of your hard disk with
4.3 zillion little files. I get by just fine with all the MacLogimo stuff in
a _PARTITION_ on my hard disk. And I should mention that although the
environment is limited to MFS in the implementation you have, you can still
write appications that deal with HFS successfully.

>  By the way, I mention BIX only because I happen to moderate the Modula-2
>conference there.  Presumably, you can also acquire MacLogimoPlus from other
>sources, both commercial and noncommercial...  Good luck!

You can also get MacLogimo Plus, which traces its roots back to ETHZ, from
Tim Myers himself, from GEnie, or from Apple via FTP. If you want the details
on where to get MacLogimo Plus, or if you would like to be advised about the
next version when it is released, Email me.

Hey Russ, see in the Modula-2 conference when I get the bucks to get started
on BIX.

>...Russ Schnapp

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