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From: rokicki@rocky.STANFORD.EDU (Tomas Rokicki)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Pascal
Message-ID: <467@rocky.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 02:33:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: rocky.467
Posted: Thu Aug  6 02:33:20 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 8-Aug-87 07:35:23 EDT
Organization: Stanford University Computer Science Department
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I want a Pascal compiler for the Amiga.  Has anyone used any out there?
I need it to do the following (if someone could check the following
points, it would be much appreciated; the same for that Modula II
compiler announced:)

	- Handle large amounts of code (100K+) with no assistance
		needed by the programmer (calling in segments when
		needed, for instance, instead of having them
		automatically loaded.)

	- Handle large amounts of static data (600K+).  I should be
		able to declare 100 6K arrays, and use all of them,
		for instance.

	- Handle large data structures (like 262K, or array [0..65535]
		of integer).

	- Pack 0..255 into a byte, and 0..65535 into a word, and
		record case 0..3 of
			0: qq1, qq2, qq3, qq4 : 0..255 ;
			1: hw1, hw2 : 0..65535 ;
			2: int : integer ; (* 32 bit *)
			3: sc : float ; (* single precision *) 
		end into four bytes.

	- Handle dynamic naming of files, and at least 10 open at a
		time.

	- Allow getting date, time, etc.

	- Handle very large sources (600K+)

	- Handle large procedures (20K code)

	- Handle large case statements (600 entries)

	- Handle non-local gotos (maybe four.)

	Also, how easy is it to translate Pascal into Modula II?  If
necessary, I will use a Modula II compiler and translate, but the
translation should be *fully automatic*.

	Any help is appreciated.  Thanks!

						-tom

(P.S.---I'm rokicki@sushi.stanford.edu for you internet folks.)