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From: vandys@Lindy.STANFORD.EDU (Andy Valencia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp,comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: Want 68k Modula-2 compiler
Message-ID: <379@Lindy.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: Wed, 16-Sep-87 11:24:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: Lindy.379
Posted: Wed Sep 16 11:24:08 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 18-Sep-87 07:22:09 EDT
References: <208@excell.colostate.edu>
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Keywords: modula-2, 68k, HP
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In article <208@excell.colostate.edu> rro@excell.colostate.edu (Rod Oldehoeft) writes:
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>We're looking for a 68k-based implementation of Modula-2 to run on
>HP computers.  Source code is desired, would be convenient if written
>in C.
>
	I ported the Zurich one-pass 68K compiler onto a no-name box
made by Telematics.  It runs fine, with mediocre code generation.  The
license is only $1000, so it's a pretty cheap evaluation path.  I'll
be moving to HP in a couple weeks, so I'd be somewhat available for a
portation to the HP-9000/300 series (I sort of planned to do so anyway,
conditional on HP shelling out for a license).

	In general, I'd say that the one-pass compiler is a realistic
path for anyone with a 68000 box.  I cross-compiled it from my PC, using
Modula Corp's one-pass native 8086 compiler.  Very few problems indeed.
Some day I'll port the post-mortem debugger (included in the $1000) and
be in very good shape indeed.

				Andy Valencia
				vandys@lindy.stanford.edu
				br.ajv@rlg.BITNET