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From: griff@anvil.intel.com (Richard Griffith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Modula-2, where are you?
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Date: 8 Feb 91 18:21:18 GMT
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In article <4702@mindlink.UUCP>, Anthon_Pang@mindlink.UUCP (Anthon Pang)
writes:
> From: Anthon_Pang@mindlink.UUCP (Anthon Pang)
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
> Subject: Re: Modula-2, where are you?
> 
> griff@anvil.intel.com  (Richard Griffith) writes:
> > well, there's Benchmark - not quite Wirth-Modula -
> > anybody else?
> 
> What do you mean by not Wirth Modula?  It appears to have the basic standard
> modules (InOut, Filesystem, etc)...albeit, with extensions.

several of the "standard modules" have different parameter types than those
specified by Wirth.  In some cases they also return different types (ie.
cardinals instead of integers, etc).

> And of course, who wants Wirth's Lilith dependent stuff (windows, mouse
> support, etc), when the Amiga has it's own?

yes, we can do without those, I agree.

> Hmmm...does anyone know if Leon Frenkel still has a CompuServe account/vendor
> area?
> 
> Oh...back to the question...there's M2Sprint (Preferred Tech), M2Amiga
> (Interface Tech?), TDI (maybe it's still available :), and there's rumours of
> others under development.  Oh yeah, a company in Amazing's buyer's
guide had a
> "Peacock" m2.

Peacock? Oh, does that mean they include a "pretty printer?" :-)

:Richard E. Griffith, "griff" : iNTEL, Hillsboro Ore.
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