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From: Mike.Chapin@f16.n15.z1.fidonet.org (Mike Chapin)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: JPI Ver. 3.0
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Date: 4 May 91 15:27:58 GMT
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>    Has anyone recieved their 3.0 of JPI's Modula-2?  Is it any
     good?  Any new neat things about it?  Just wanted to get some
     imput.
 
The environment has changed for the better.  The rest of the
compiler seems to be a clean up of ver. 2.x.  They seem to have
added more pragmas to give you more control.  The project system
has changed.  It is a lot more powerful but will take a little
getting used to.  You don't have to have 15 million project files
hanging around for every little module.  That's great in itself.
 
They have also added a regular overlay memory model in addition to
the DLL model.  I haven't messed with it yet but it looks like it
will be easier to use than DLL's.  All this stuff is mentioned in
the ads but it comes across a lot nicer when you use it.
 
--Mike


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