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From: manis@ubc-cs.UUCP (Vince Manis)
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Subject: Re: Writing Desk Accessories in TDI Modula-2
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Date: Tue, 27-May-86 19:34:54 EDT
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Simon Gordon, in an exasperated sounding posting, remarks that language
implementors are ripping users off by claiming that their languages provide
full Gem support when in fact they don't. I must disagree. I have used
TDI Modula-2 to write simple programs which use Gem (and they provide
a nifty program which uses pretty much all of VDI as a demo). The newest
version of TDI Modula-2 (they should be shipping it around now) is supposed
to come with a redone version of DRI's Resource Construction Set (different
bugs, presumably) and with source code for two desk accessories: a RAMdisk
and a print spooler.

Similarly, Personal Pascal can be used to write DA's. I don't know how, since
I don't use it. But I have seen extensive remarks on this subject on BIX
(the BYTE Information eXchange). I believe that OSS will send out information
on this stuff to any registered user of the package.

There certainly are poor language implementations around (and I have a few
gripes about TDI Modula-2). But the vendors *are* trying. Give them credit
for that.