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From: thomsen@trwspf.TRW.COM (Mark Thomsen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Modula-2 On Suns; A Search
Message-ID: <412@trwspf.TRW.COM>
Date: Mon, 14-Sep-87 20:48:12 EDT
Article-I.D.: trwspf.412
Posted: Mon Sep 14 20:48:12 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 16-Sep-87 06:35:44 EDT
Reply-To: thomsen@trwspf.UUCP (Mark Thomsen)
Organization: TRW - Data Systems Lab., Redondo Beach, CA
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The network is a new experience for me, and after catching up on what you guys
have been talking about I think you may be able to help.

We have been using Modula-2 for 3 years in various systems development 
activities with great success.  Most of the work has been using Lilith-Vectras
(a variant of the Modula Corporation Lilith-PC) for the development environment
and an MC68020/VME arrangement as the target.  We have plugged in new disks,
AP's, and other special hardware with relative ease.  It is designed for multi-
processing as well.

We are now turning to make this more useable for others and are faced with some
new issues.  First, the Lilith-Vectra should be replaced with a machine more
similar to the target - like a Sun.  Then, we would like to take some of the
R&D work into a workstation for image processing.  Again, the Sun looks like a
decent approach (more MC68020 & VME stuff).  And we would really like to stick
with Modula-2.

My question is, what is the status of the Modula-2 compiler's on the Sun?  I
know of Sun's and Djaverhi (sp??) products to some extent, but we have not
kept up with the latest and greatest.  What are the compiers available and has
anyone some recommendations on what is good?  Especially of interest would
be an arrangement where we can scrape off Unix for a target machine to run our
own real-time O/S written in Modula-2.  Also, is there a Modula-2 for the
new Sun 4/SPARC setup?

Thanks in advance.

Mark R. Thomsen
Data Systems Laboratory, TRW
Redondo Beach, CA