Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!VTVM1.BITNET!GRANGERG From: GRANGERG@VTVM1.BITNET (Greg Granger) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: Re: JPI V3.0... will they get it right????? Message-ID: Date: 18 Feb 91 13:03:52 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Modula2 List Organization: The Internet Lines: 26 On Sun, 17 Feb 91 18:55:57 GMT said: >Those of you who do development on PC's are probably familiar with the >problems with JPI's Modula-2 V. 2.0 compiler. The compiler had far too >... >Could it be true?? Could JPI have gotten it right?? Do you remember >where you left your "Free Upgrade" coupon?? >... I use version 2 of the JPI M2 compiler and for the most part it does work. I doubt "JPI could have gotten it right", because: 1) They haven't had time to make the kinds of changes needed. 2) The biggest problem they have can never now be addressed Version 1 of there compiler was a simple and elegance product, it could have used a few 'enchancements' but all in all it was what M2 is all about. Version 2 added mega-media-hype-crap (not what M2 is about), and did a poor job of it at that. Course once it's in there it can't be removed... I will upgrade and give it a chance (I do like the product, I'm just disappointed with it's lack of direction/innovation), but if it's more (and more and more) of the same I'm likely to nuke it and put version 1 back on (and save 2 meg of disk space). It's a shame the could find the people who produced version 1 and hire them back ... Greg