Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!GWUVM.BITNET!MFELDMAN From: MFELDMAN@GWUVM.BITNET (Mike Feldman) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: Re: Public Domain Modula-2? Message-ID: Date: 16 May 88 01:05:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Info-Modula2 Distribution List Organization: The Internet Lines: 14 My guess is that what you are calling the PD Modula-2, FMODULA2 is probably an archived an uploaded copy of FST Modula-2, from Fitted Software Tools (Roger Carvalho) in Duluth GA. There is a $35. shareware fee associated with this system, if it is what I think it is. Roger doesn't release the sources to the compiler, but registered users get the sources to the libraries. I have used this compiler this semester in several courses I teach, with pretty good success. It has a decent editor/debugged/error tracer environment, and compiles very fast. This compiler has been described as a "shareware gem" - I can certainly say it's the best software product I've ever seen for the price. And Roger is continually upgrading it. But PD it ain't - and Roger tells me that if people don't pay his shareware fee he'll take it commercial. It'd be a shame to lose another good shareware product. If you use it, you gotta pay for it.