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From: djd@rosemary.cs.reading.ac.uk (David Dawkins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Which Modula2 compiler ?
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Date: 14 Jan 91 09:06:45 GMT
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In article <64806.278dda66@pttrnl.nl> vdlaan@pttrnl.nl writes:
>
>	Greetings,
>
>I want to buy a MODULA2 compiler for my ST and would like to hear
>opinions about the available compilers from people who own one.
>I would like the compiler to have a very good programming enviroment.
>
>	Thanks in advance,
>
>	Walter van der Laan
>	NET: W_vdLaan@pttrnl.nl


IMHO, I think you'd be hard-pushed to beat HiSoft's FTL Modula-2.
The editor allows you to compile/link so you don't have to go through the
edit-save-quit-compile-link-crash( :-) )-edit.. etc. Also, you get 
a very comprehensive set of modules, along with source code. I own
the PC version (and made _EXTENSIVE_ use of it), and have also used the 
ST version. 

I can't comment on the competition, as I haven't used any of it !! `
(There is however a 'complete Modula-2 system' sitting on Lancaster
PDSOFT archive, which is fairly good - shareware, I believe. I think it's
called ANAMOD68. )

Hope this helps.

David Dawkins.
djd@uk.ac.reading.cs.ksg