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From: claudio@ethz.UUCP (Claudio Nieder)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Single pass Modula-2 compiler
Message-ID: <321@ethz.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 24-Apr-86 22:01:26 EDT
Article-I.D.: ethz.321
Posted: Thu Apr 24 22:01:26 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 27-Apr-86 05:36:06 EDT
Reply-To: claudio@ethz.UUCP (Claudio Nieder)
Organization: CS Department, ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
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We received some mail with questions about the public domain modula
compiler. Following the answers to the most frequently asked questions:

>   .. can we have the source .. where can we get the source ..

We didn't have the source of the modula compiler! 
The compiler is a generic 68000 compiler. It produces an objectfile
with a propretary format. To port this compiler to the Amiga, we
had to write a loader, which loads the objectfiles into memory,
translates some addresses and jumps into the program. This loader
was written in C. Additionally we had to write some machine
dependent modules needed by the compiler (FileSystem, Terminal ...).
This was done using a cross compiler.
The source of the compiler can be obtained through Modula Corporation.

>  .. What system stuff does it support? Windows, mouse, menus etc. ..

Yes, but you have to program it. We wrote a Module AMIGADos which
gives access to the AMIGADos functions. In a similiar way you can
handle Intuition routines. Feel free to post YOUR implementation of
Amiga specific modules, so others can use it.

>  .. How should I make the $15 payment ? ..

Please transfer $15 to the account

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