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From: lance@motcsd.csd.mot.com (lance.norskog)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula3
Subject: Status of M-3
Keywords: status 386 gurus
Message-ID: <3582@motcsd.csd.mot.com>
Date: 5 Apr 91 02:01:00 GMT
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Organization: Motorola CSD, Cupertino CA
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Hello-

I just heard about this language last night, and am studying the 
M3 Language Report.  This is much better than C++.

What's the current status of DEC's Modula-3 system?  Does it have
a port for the 386?  8086?  Does it have a generic GNU-CC port?  
Is it robust and in use for large projects today, or is it still gurus-only?

Are there large projects written in Modula-3 available for anonymous FTP?
Large object libraries, a' la the copyleft C++ class libraries?
Some of us learn best by reading existing work.

Are there X-Window bindings?  On the subject, is it easy to build 
C interfaces?

Is there a method for cross-compiling raw Mach 3.0 systems?  
Do Modula-3 threads become Mach threads, get assigned to separate
processors automatically, etc.? 

Thanks,

Lance Norskog