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From: bcockburn@acorn.co.uk (Bruce Cockburn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Modula 2
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Date: 1 May 91 16:01:06 GMT
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Angelo and Alex,

  Speaking as an employee, not a spokesman, I can assure you that there
isn't a Modula2 compiler in use inside Acorn, either for RISC iX or RISC OS.

  Several years ago (in the days of the 16032) there was a Modula2 compiler
which Mick Jordan of the 'Puter Lab and later ARC (Acorn Research Center
(Palo Alto)) ported from the original ETH compiler (via a VAX
implementation).  It was this compiler that Panos was written in but I don't
think that it was even released for the 16032 as part of Panos even though
we were using it internally.  This was because it wasn't quite stable enough
to be a product, but was acceptable internally because the support was
instant.

  This compiler was then ported and enhanced (by Mick, Trevor Morris, and
others) to Acorn Extended Modula2 (AEM2) as part of early experimental work
on ARM based technology (the ARX project).  All that technology went off to
Olivetti when they took over / bought out ARC.

  As far as I am aware Acorn no longer has any Mod2 technology.  Sorry :-).

  Bruce.

Disclaimer: I talk rubbish, who'd want to claim responsibility for it!