What should be done in version 3.0?
Version 3.0 (one after the next) should see a redesign, don't you think? What should stay and what should go (out of date)? Would it be a good idea to split off some components such as the bibliography and have only a link? Other suggestions?
What is new in version 2.8?
Here, I have some new info on products in Modula-2, updates on WG13, and a small number of vendor info changes. There are two new listings for the Amiga (Armadillo and Cyclone) in section 3. Sections 4.4, 4.16, 1.10 and 1.11 have some new answers, including a new editorial on C vs Modula-2 and a new answer for students seeking homework to be done. There is a new entry for the ULM materials and a new support page for LMathLib. I think the HTML has been improved somewhat. Numerous typos have been fixed. TWU has a new fax number. Man, is this a lot of work!
What was new in version 2.7?
The FAQ location has not changed after all. What did change was the location of the shareware textbook, which now starts at http://www.twu.ca/rsbook/ The reference to Yahoo is updated. A rather strange question is asked and answered as 4.15. Some vendor info has been updated (XTech, Mill Hill, Stonybrook, ULM). The Sun site reference to Linux is here now. Section 1.12 on the advantages over C has been expanded a little. New random number generator and math library references have been added.
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SUMMARY:
1. Answers to frequently asked questions about Modula-2 will be collected at Trinity Western University and included in this document from time to time as it is revised.2. Submissions should be mailed to -- rsutc@twu.ca
Anyone making a submission guarantees that they have the right to do so (copyright holder, or information in the public domain.) and that the information is not from any source whose copyright lies with another.
3. I will update this summary file and post to the newsgroups comp.lang.modula2 and to comp.answers and news.answers
4. The latest version will always be available in a Nisus (Mac) form in
ftp://FTP.twu.ca/pub/modula2/m2faq.html The folder modula2 has a variety of other materials. This version of the FAQ is readible as text by other word processors, but without any formatting. It is also available from the site rtfm.mit.edu in plain text form as ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/comp.answers/computer-lang/Modula2-faq/part1 and as file5. An automatically generated .html version of the FAQ is available as http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/computer-lang/Modula2-faq/part1/faq.html and http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/computer-lang/Modula2-faq/part2/faq.html
However, this one seems to be a couple of versions out of date.=====================================================
CONTENTS:
Part 1
2. WHERE IS MODULA-2 DISCUSSED?
3. WHERE CAN I GET MODULA-2 COMPILERS?
Part 2
4. WHERE CAN I GET SOURCE CODE, OTHER INFO?
5. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON CODE AND ALGORITHMS
6. WHAT ARE SOME REFERENCE MATERIALS ON MODULA-2?
Appendix: AUTHOR INFORMATION AND DISCLAIMERS
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1. WHAT IS MODULA-2?
A. Modula-2 is a programming notation that corrects some of the deficiencies of Pascal. It is suitable for learning programming, for large projects written and maintained in the fashion of professional software engineers, and for real time embedded systems.
1.1 Who developed Modula-2?
A. Modula-2 was developed by Niklaus Wirth at ETH in Zurich, Switzerland in the late 70's. Wirth also developed Pascal and Oberon.
see: http://www.stfx.ca/people/jandrea/m2/nwirth/
1.2 Where is this language described?
A. In Programming in Modula-2 3rd edition published by Springer-Verlag in 1985. For the purposes of distinguishing this from later variants, this description will be referred to herein as classical Modula-2.
1.3 How do you pronounce Herr Wirth's name?
A. It is incorrect to call him by his value (worth.) Instead his name is veart.1.4 Can I get a simple introduction to ISO Modula-2?
Yes, the latest revised edition of the shareware text as of 1996 09 06 is at http://www.twu.ca/rsbook/
Mirrors: http://eiunix.tuwien.ac.at/Modula-2/rsbook/
1.5 How does Modula-2 fit into the language zoo?
A. It is a descendent of Pascal and Modula, and one predecessor of Modula-2+, Modula-2*, Modula-3, Oberon, Oberon-2, and various object oriented versions of these. The latter languages are not replacements for Modula-2, merely later notations in the same family, having strengths and weaknesses of their own. Modula-2 is sometimes classified with Ada and C as the trio of modern languages in view of their expressive power. Modula-2 is smaller and more readable than either.
1.6 What are the differences between Modula-2 and Pascal?
A. Modula-2 has separately compiled library modules, and makes much less use of blocks (begin...) than Pascal. Identifiers are case sensitive; there is no goto label; and I/O is in libraries rather than built in. The IF statement is more versatile; and there are facilities for concurrent programming via coroutines.
1.7 What is ISO Standard Modula-2?
A. A committee of ISO JTC1/SC22/WG13 with delegates from several countries has met since 1987 to work on a standard description of Modula-2 and a set of standard library modules.
A2. The official home of the ISO Modula-2 working group WG13 is at http://sc22wg13.twi.tudelft.nl/
1.7.1 What is the status of ISO Standard Modula-2?
A. The international standard (IS 10514) has been voted on and is now official.
1.7.2 Where can I get the Modula-2 standard?
A1. Contact your national standards body or ISO (the publisher.)
A2. For an older version, try looking in ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/pub/soft/modula/standard/draft4/
1.7.3 What format is the standard document in?
A. Latex.
1.7.4 Who is the convenor of the standards group (WG13)?
A.Martin Schoenhacker of Vienna is the convenor.
1.7.5 When was the last WG13 meeting?
A1. It was March17-18 in Linz, Austria. For more details, follow http://sc22wg13.twi.tudelft.nl/docs/meetings.html
1.7.6 When is the next WG13 meeting?
A1. No meeting is currently on the schedule. One may be held if necessary to respond to comments on Generics and OO proposals.
1.7.7 Will I be able to read the standard?
A1. The concrete syntax is written in a variation of EBNF (Extended Backus-Naur Formalism) and should be accessible to most.
A2. Much of the document's details are written in VDM-SL (Vienna Development Method - Specification Language) which is a formalism for giving a precise definition of a programming language in a denotational style. It is worth learning VDM-SL if you plan to write a compiler or use formal methods to do any design work.
1.7.8 Can I at least get electronic copies of the definition modules?
A. Yes, in ftp://FTP.twu.ca/pub/modula2/ISOLibraries/ISODEFMods/ or ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/pub/soft/modula/standard/libdefs/
1.7.9 Can I get copies of the grammer?
A1. Yes, in http://www.twu.ca/rsbook/Appendices/Ap3.html
A2. For classical Modula-2, see also COCO (section 4.9)
A3. There are nice syntax diagrams for classical Modula-2 in http://cuiwww.unige.ch/db-research/Enseignement/analyseinfo/Modula2/BNFindex.html
and there are syntax diagrams for ISO Modula-2 stored at http://www.twu.ca/rsbook/Appendices/Ap2.html
1.8 What difference is there between classical and ISO Modula-2?
A. ISO Modula-2 has resolved most of the ambiguities in classical Modula-2. It adds the data type COMPLEX and LONGCOMPLEX, exceptions, module termination (FINALLY clause) and a complete standard I/O library. There are numerous minor differences and clarifications.
1.8.1 What else is WG13 doing?
A. WG13 is working on two additional standards (separate from the main one) for (a) object oriented Modula-2 and (b) generic programming facilities. Both passed the registration ballot as CDs and will proceed to final drafting 1997 05 01. Various versions of the latest generics proposal and the disposition of comments are stored in the directory ftp://FTP.twu.ca/pub/modula2/WG13/
1.9 What is (was) Turbo Modula-2
A. Borland prepared CP/M versions of Modula-2 and sold them for a time in Europe (also in North America via a distributer.) One of these versions later migrated to become TopSpeed Modula-2.
1.10 Where and for what is Modula-2 used?
A1. Modula-2 is widely used for teaching the fundamentals of sound programming techniques, data structures, and software engineering in many parts of the world. It is the language of choice in much of Europe. It has features that make it superior to other languages for large projects and for programming and real time controllers.
A2.Here is a reply by Andrew Trevorrow (akt@kagi.com) who is the author of the Macintosh programs written in p1 Modula-2: OzTex (standard Tex implementation on the Mac) X-Words (a meta-Scrabble word game), Anagrams (a fast and friendly anagram generator), LifeLab (a software laboratory for 2D cellular automata.) His home page is: http://www.kagi.com/authors/akt/
"Back in 92-93 I worked for the Australian National Uni's Research School of Earth Sciences writing Noble, a large suite of programs to control mass spectrometers and analyze all the data. Everything was written in Modula-2 (the only reason I took the job!). In fact, one of the reasons I decided to try making a living from shareware was so that I could keep using Modula-2."
A3. General Motors and its subsidiary Delco do their programming in General Motors Modula-2.
A4. Here is a message sent in by a maker of test equipment:
Our BoardWizard range of test equipment has compilers,pseudo-code interpreters and a complete test operating system written in M2. The code was written for one tester in 1987 and has been maintained from that date to the present. New tester models have added and new interface and UI code has been written, indeed sections have been completely re-written but much of the core test logic is untouched since about 1990 when I shifted to management. Much of the code is unknown to those who maintain it - yet when i look at it after several years I can still explain it to others even though comments are sparse. I believe that that is the hallmark of a great programming language. (Emphasis added.)
Dave Appleton, Technical Manager Goldtron Technologies Tel : (065)-870-9886 (Ex- Proteq Technologies) Fax: (065)-777-2118 26 Ayer Rajah Crescent #07-01 www: http://www.proteq.com.sg Singapore 139944
A5. The following survey results were once posted by Mat. Maher ssu94114@reading.ac.uk
ORGANISATION LOCATION WORK COMPILER
Statoil Norway StonyBrook
Inst. for Space Nerology Austria datafile conversion TopSpeed
dataviewers
Boeing Washington Aerospace Eng. p1(MAC)
CDSS UK embedded control sys. TopSpeed
for submarines
(self-employed) UK embedded Pcs and TopSpeed
pc-like chips
(manufacturer) Finland, 8051 embedded control Mod51
S.Africa,
Australia,
NZ, USA
Pacific Software California Point-Of-Sale systems -
Tele-Soft S. Africa Scientific CAD progs TopSpeed
Databases
(confidential) UK Instrumentation & TopSpeed & telemetry Custom tools
USA Dept. of Energy Idaho Reusable components StonyBrook
Idaho Nat. eng. labs systems programming
Locheed Idaho technologies company
Applied software resuse Products
GiaStar Ltd UK Satcoms/Comms. Elect. TopSpeed
design & m/facture.
University of Reading UK Teaching,embedded ctrl TopSpeed
University of Loughborough UK StonyBrook
and Hertsfordshire TopSpeed
(sole trader) UK Electronic Design TopSpeed
Atomic Energy of Canada Canada Shutdown system for prototype in
Ltd. (AECL) nuclear reactor TopSpeed
final version in
Hicross (HiWare)
Wallac Oy Finland beta/gamma counters Logitech,
control & data acquis. Multiscope
Inspectron AG Switzerland remote surveillance Logitech,
Multiscope
Bank of New York USA funds transfer & Terra Dutentechnik
customer enquirys (VAX/VMS)
(freelance) Motorola IC production Logitech
line tools. (Asia)
Dexdyne Ltd UK Single-board Pcs & TopSpeed
applications.
(freelance) Australia Shareware p1 (mac)
Multi-Master AS Norway Embedded systems, Logitech,
remote control & acquis. Multiscope
(confidential) room acoustic sim & TopSpeed
(audio) virtual reality
1.11 Why do universities use Modula-2 for teaching instead of C or C++?
A1. Modula-2 is a type-safe language and its compilers will therefore catch many errors that otherwise show up at run time. While professional programmers need to learn C because it is commonly used, it is important to begin a discipline of deliberate, engineered programming at the outset. Modula-2 is easier to write in, easier to read (it reads left to right) and easier to debug in. It lends itself well to software engineering. Modula-2 is a Higher Level Language than C, particularly with respect to pointers, all of which have types that depend on what is pointed to, and which can be treated as addresses only by flagging this fact in the program code. A2. Popularity no more implies soundness or superiority when considering tools such as Modula-2 and C++ than it does when considering hardware (Pentium vs PowerPC), operating systems (Windows vs Mac) and applications (Word). Marketing means selling the sizzle of appearance not the steak of content; those who know this and can apply it consistently win the marketing wars with inferior or even poor products. The market situation is no reason to give up on the basics of sound tools and methodology. If anything the cirisis implied by the inability of large companies to maintain poorly designed and bloated software and OSs implies that the industry needs to return to basics before it is going to advance much farther.A3. Here are the results of a survey of university usage of Modula-2 done by Bernhard Leitch
lang. total perc. group
Pascal 159 35.57% 1
Ada 73 16.33% 2
Scheme 51 11.41% 4
Modula-2 49 10.96% 1
C 36 8.05% 3
C++ 28 6.26% 3
Fortran 10 2.24% 5
Turing 6 1.34% 5
Eiffel 5 1.12% 5
SML 5 1.12% 5
Miranda 4 0.89% 5
Modula-3 4 0.89% 5
ML 3 0.67% 5
Oberon 2 0.45% 1
ISETL 2 0.45% 5
Smalltalk 1 0.22% 5
Beta 1 0.22% 5
Prolog 1 0.22% 5
Simula 1 0.22% 5
Orwell 1 0.22% 5
Basic 1 0.22% 5
Trine 1 0.22% 5
Cobol 1 0.22% 5
Pop-11 1 0.22% 5
Lisp 1 0.22% 4
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447 100.00%
in language groups:
Wirth lang. 210 47% 1
Ada 73 16% 2
C/C++ 64 14% 3
Lisp like 52 12% 4
other 48 11% 5
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447 100%
1.13 Why is Modula-2 a good language for large commercial projects?
A1. It supports modular design which reduces errors and cuts down on maintenance time. This also allows platform dependencies to be isolated, increasing portability.
A2. see: Griffith, Laurie Modula-2 is three times less error prone than C, Proceedings of the Second International Modula-2 Conference, Loughborough University of Technology, UK, September 1991, pp 332-338.
1.14 Where do I get information on Oberon and Modula-3?
A. These languages have their own newsgroups. The Modula-3 FAQ is located at http://www.vlsi.polymtl.ca/m3/faq.html and Oberon has an interesting page at http://www.math.tau.ac.il/~laden/Ob-pkgs.html
1.15 Where do I get information on Modula-2*?
A. Try http://wwwipd.ira.uka.de/Tichy/m2star
1.16 Where do I get information on YAFL?
A. This is yet another OO and Generic derivative of Modula-2. The homepage for the language is at http://www.phidani.be/yafl/index.html
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2. WHERE IS MODULA-2 DISCUSSED?
2.1 COMP.LANG.MODULA-2
This is an internet newsgroup for questions, answers, and discussions on Modula-2. You may read it under this name on any machine on which you have a news account.
2.1.1 How do I post a message to comp.lang.modula2?
A. Post it directly into that group using a news program on any computer connected to the network.
2.1.2 How do I retrieve old messages from comp.lang.modula2?
A. Your local news server probably keeps old messages only for a few weeks. You should be able to mark the entire group as unread and browse whatever is available there.
2.2 Compuserve
If you have a Compuserve account, GO CODEPORT to join the portable programming forum.
2.3 Amiga lists
2.3.1 A general list for Amiga Modula2/Oberon programming. This is available in a similar manner at amiga-m2@virginia.edu. It is not oriented toward any specific compiler.Mail to cbt-general-request@virginia.edu to subscribe.
2.3.2 A mailing-list for the Amiga Turbo Modula-2 Compiler written by Amritpal S. Mann. To subscribe, send a message to maillist@econet.demon.co.uk with SignOn turbo-list as the Subject. Once subscribed, you will receive a copy of all messages sent to the address turbo-list@econet.demon.co.uk.
2.3.3 A mailing list for the Cyclone compiler for the Amiga written by Marcel Timmermans. To subscribe, send e-mail to:maiser@telefication.nl and put in the body the text: sub ams exit
To join the GPM mailing list, send mail to majordomo@dstc.qut.edu.au with the subject line blank and the body of the message containing: subscribe gpm info gpm end Mail sent to gpm@dstc.qut.edu.au gets automatically forwarded to all subscribers on the list. The development team are of course subscribers.
2.5 XDS
To subscribe to the XDS mailing list, send message with the following body:
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3. WHERE CAN I GET MODULA-2 COMPILERS?
3.1 Where can I get commercial Modula-2 compilers?
In this section, the listings are by name of the manufacturer (marked M) or distributor (marked D.)
ACE Associated Computer Experts bv
activity M
products Compilers, Operating systems and Consultancy
platforms SPARC, 68K, Transputer and more
office Van Eeghenstraat 100
1071 GL Amsterdam
The Netherlands
contact Kees Dik
e-mail kees@ace.nl
voice +31 20 6646416
fax +31 20 6750389
A+L AG
activity D
products Compilers, applications, and books.
platforms various
office Daderiz 61
CH-2540 Grenchen
Switzerland
contact Albert Meier
e-mail aplusl@spectraweb.ch
voice +41/65/52 03 11
fax +41/65/52 03 79
Armadillo Computing
activity MD
products Benchmark Modula-2 Compiler, Source-Level Debugger, Amiga Interface and Libraries, ISO compatibility in progress from Tom Breedon tmb@cbtsmtp.bio.Virginia.EDU
Benchmark Assistant
platforms 16bit DOS, 32bit DOS extended, 16bit Windows, 32bit Windows
office 5225 Marymount Drive
Austin, Texas 78723 USA
contact Jim Olinger
e-mail jolinger@bix.com
voice 512-926-0360
www http://www.amigamall.com/armadillo/
Byte Works, Inc.
activity MD
products ORCA/Modula-2 for the Apple IIGS
offices 8000 Wagon Mound Dr. NW
Albuquerque NM 87120
contact Mike Westerfield
voice (505) 898-8183
e-mail MikeW50@AOL.COM
Edinburgh Portable Compilers, Ltd
activity MD
products EPC Modula-2
platforms SCO Unix V.[34],
Motorola 88000 UNIX V.[34],
SPARC UNIX & Solaris,
RS/6000 AIX
office1 17 Alva Street
Edinburgh, EH2 4PH, UK
contact Kathleen Smith
e-mail support@epc.ed.ac.uk
voice +441 131 225 6262
fax +441 131 225 6644
office2 20 Victor Square
Scotts Valley
California 95066, USA
USA tel 1-800-EPC-1110
Gardens Point
activity MD
products Gardens Point Modula-2
platforms Various Unix, including Linux and FreeBSD, DJGPP, EMX (OS/2)
and MS-DOS (no Mac)
office Queensland University of Technology
Gardens Point Branch
2 George Street
POB 2434 Brisbane
Queensland Australia 4001
contact John Gough
e-mail GOUGH@qut.edu.au
contact Jeffrey Ledermann
e-mail lederman@dstc.qut.edu.au
web http://www.fit.qut.edu.au/CompSci/PLAS/GPM/
voice +61 7-864-2132
fax +61 7-864-1801
see mail list and net sections
Mandeno Granville Electronics Ltd
activity MD
products 80x51: Mod51 - 80x51 Cross Compiler, ISO extensions
platforms DOS Hosted
office 128 Grange Rd
Auckland 3
New Zealand
contact
e-mail
voice +64 9 6300 558
fax +64 9 6301 720
Metrowerks
activity M
products standalone and MPW hosted compilers; Code Warrier environment
platforms Macintosh
NOTE: Modula-2 NO LONGER SUPPORTED, but probably still available from:
Bookmasters
POB 2039 Mansfield
OH, USA 44905
Tel +1 (800) 247-6553
Fax +1 (419) 281 6883
(see p1 GmbH)
The Mill Hill & Canterbury Group, Ltd.
activity MD
products Extended 32-bit Modula-2 with Oberon extensions (non-ISO), Mathpak library
platforms OS/2 with full API incl. SOM/WPS and PM
Note: Object oriented language extensions similar to Oberon-2
contact Neuhoff, Juergen
e-mail 76721.303@CompuServe.com OR mhc@webcom.com
WWW http://www.webcom.com/mhc/welcome.html
demo Try: ftp-os2.nmsu.edu/os2/dev32/MOD201H.ZIP
ftp-os2.cdrom.com
ftp.leo.org
ftp://ftp-os2.cdrom.com/pub/os2/lang/mod201j.zip
CompuServe: GO CODEPORT (File Name MOD201J.ZIP)
ModulaWare
activity MD
prod/plat Unix (680x0, SunSparc, I386, Linux, OS/9): MCS Modula-2 V4.5
DEC VAX/OpenVMS & Alpha AXP/OpenVMS: MVR & MaX V4.0
DOS/Windows: OM2 V1.1 (Modula-2 & Oberon-2 Compiler)
DOS/Windows: Mithril V2 GUI/IDE/OOP-API for OM2
Vendor for: OM2-XDS V2.06: (Oberon-2 and ISO Modula-2,
generates ANSI C, with ANSI C source of ISO Modula-2 lib)
Vendor for: MCS Modula-2 SVR3 (Interactive, SCO), SVR4
(Novell UnixWare), PC/Linux, Solaris
office1 ModulaWare
La Chanenche
F-04340 Meolans Revel
France
tel/fax +33 92.81.30.99
contact Guenter Dotzel
e-mail 100023.2527@compuserve.com
office2 ModulaWare
Haselbachstr. 113
D-97653 Bischofsheim
Germany
tel/Fax +49 (9772) 7101
p1 GmbH
activity MD
products MPW and Metrowerks Code Warrier hosted ISO compliant compilers
platforms Macintosh
office Hogenbergstrasse. 20
80686 Munich
Germany
contact Elmar Henne
e-mail eh@p1.space.net
voice +49 89-546 13 10
fax +49 89-580 25 97
PMI Software
activity MD
products Modula-2 tools; dealer for Mandino Granville, XDS (see listings)
platforms DOS and OS/2
contact John McMonagle
office PO Box 8402
Green Bay WI 54311
voice 414-468-6040
fax 414-465-0464
bbs 414-465-1656
e-mail johnm@online.dct.com
web http://www.dct.com/~johnm/
Real Time Associates Ltd.
activity D
products Compilers, books, and training courses
platforms numerous
office Canning House 59
Canning Road Croyden Surrey
CR0 6QF UK
voice (+44) 081 656 7333
fax (+44) 081 655 0401
Stony Brook Software
activity MD
products Stonybrook Modula-2 ISO compatible. (Environment, editor,
resource editor, librarian, optimizing compiler, linker, debugger, many
extra libraries) Also offers Pascal+
platforms 16bit DOS, 32bit DOS extended, 16bit Windows, 32bit Windows
office 187 E. Wilbur, Suite 4
Thousand Oaks
CA 91360, USA
contact Norman Black
e-mail 70274.611@compuserve.com
voice +1 (805) 496-5837
BBS +1 (805) 379-3357
TERRA Datentechnik
activity D
products Logitech/Multiscope support
platforms DOS
office Bahnhofstrasse 33
CH-8703 Erlenbach
Switzerland
voice +41 01 910 35 55
fax +41 01 910 19 92
bbs +41 01 910 35 31
TopSpeed Corp (formerly Clarion)
activity MD
products Topspeed Modula-2
CDBW (has Windows VID, can link with TopSpeed M2
Windows debugger WID available on Compuserve or on BBS)
platforms DOS, DOS Extender, MS-Windows 3.1 (with some work)
OS/2
Plans: (According to rumour) will sell Modula-2 only as an add-on to
Clarion for Windows and not as a separate product. Several
people have tried to get more info but without much luck.
office1 Clarion Software (Europe) Ltd.
Clare House, Thompsons Close
Harpenden, Herts, UK, AL5 4ES
voice +441 582 763 200
fax +441 582 768 222
tech sup +441 582 763 999
BBS +441 582 763 666
office2 150 East Sample Road
Pompano Beach
FL USA 33064
voice 1-800-354-5444 (free call in US)
voice2 1-305-785-4555 EXT. 105
fax 1-305-946-1650
BBS 1-305-785-2594
retail http://www.singnet.com.sg/customers/cirrus/cirrus1.htm
xTech Ltd
activity M
products Native XDS-x86 - Modula-2/Oberon-2 compiler for x86 all OS
XDS-C - Modula-2/Oberon-2 to ANSI C translator (all platforms)
H2D (freeware) translates C header files to M2 Def Mods
platforms PC/DOS and DOS sessions under Windows 3.1 and OS/2 2.x,
V3 (Warp), PC/OS/2 V2.x, V3 (Warp), PC/Win95, PC/WNT
PC/Linux, - DEC Alpha AXP (Digital Unix, OpenVMS, WNT)
Sun/Sparc Solaris, Sun/Sparc SunOS, DecStations, MIPS/Unix
HP PA-Risc/HP-UX,others on request. (Mac no longer supported.)
e-mail xds@iis.nsk.su
also sold by ModulaWare and see PMI (above)
and the shareware/demo section (below)
for product availability
XDS WWW home page:
http://www.iis.nsk.su/xtech/xds/ or
http://www.dct.com/~johnm/xds.html (US mirror)
XDS mailing list
send "subscribe xds" to majordomo@listserv@iis.nsk.su
evalutaion kits are available from these sites
also see ModulaWare and PMI (above) for product availability
3.2 Where can I get a free/shareware compiler on the net?
Note: A net project to produce an OS/2 version of Modula-2 has apparently died in the light of commercial releases.
Cyclone
activity MD
products Cyclone compiler for the Amiga (giftware) Classical (non-ISO) plus many extensions.
contact Marcel Timmermans
e-mail mtimmerm@worldaccess.nl
web http://www.worldaccess.nl/~mtimmerm/cycinfo.html
Fitted Software Tools Modula-2 for DOS
ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/fst/fst-40s.lzh
ftp://cs.ru.ac.za/pub/languages/fst-40s.lzh
P. O. Box 867403 Plano, TX 75023 USA
contact: Roger Carvalho
e-mail: rogerc@metronet.com
snail P. O. Box 867403 Plano, TX 75023 USA
Note: This compiler was developed by Roger Carvalho but is no longer
actively supported. It essentially conforms to PIM version 3, but also
supports some simple and interesting OOP extensions.
P. O. Box 867403 Plano, TX 75023 USA
Gardens Point Modula-2 for DOS, Linux and FreeBSD
ftp://pluto.fit.qut.edu.au/pub/gpm
ftp://ftp.fit.qut.edu.au//pub/gpm_modula2/
ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/gpm
(The EMX version runs under OS/2 in protected mode and can be used to
generate OS/2 PM applications. It relies on the GNU tools from the EMX
package ported by Eberhard Mattes mattes@azu.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de which can be found at: ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/systems/os2/ and various
other mirror sites.
MacLogimo for the Macintosh
ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/mac/maclogimo/
MacMETH Modula-2 for Macintosh
ftp://ftp.inf.ethz.ch/pub/macmeth/
ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/mac/macMETH/
MOCKA - Modula Compiler Karlsruhe (Non ISO)
Universitaet Karlsruhe
Institut fuer Programm- und Datenstrukturen
Vincenz-Priessnitz-Strasse 3
D-76128 Karlsruhe (FRG)
Phone: *-49-721-608 6088 FAX: *-49-721-691462
contact: Thilo Gaul
email: [modula|gaul]@ipd.info.uni-karlsruhe.de
SUN 4 | SUN OS | SPARC |
SUN 4 | Solaris2.x/SunOS 5.0| SPARC |
DEC Station | ULTRIX | R3000, R2000 (MIPS) |
Silicon | IRIX | R3000, R2000 (MIPS) |
Graphics | | |
Sony NEWS | News | MC 68020 with 68881 |
SUN 3 | SUN OS | MC 68020 with 68881 |
HP 9000/300 | HPUX | MC 68020 with 68881 |
HP 9000/700 | HPUX | C back end |
RS6000 | AIX | C back end |
PC | Linux | 80386 | +
PC | 386BSD | 80386 | +
C-back end | UNIX | different |
translates | | |
M-2 To C | | |
The versions marked with a + are free; no order form must be sent, no
license fee to be paid. If you use them, please send an email to
modula@ipd.info.uni-karlsruhe.de.
For more information have a look to
http://i44www.info.uni-karlsruhe.de/~modula
See also ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/modula-2/ or
ftp://ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de/pub/os/linux/mirrors/tsx-11.mit.edu/packages/modula-2/ for a Linux version.
Turbo Modula-2 for Amiga
(contact Amritpal Mann, Turbo@econet.demon.co.uk)
Amiga Turbo Modula-2 may be obtained from your favourite AmiNet site as the following files:
/pub/aminet/dev/m2/TurboV1.3Part1.lha
/pub/aminet/dev/m2/TurboV1.3Part2.lha
Ulm's Modula-2 System (non-ISO)
web page: http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/modula/
all distributions come along with all sources which may be
freely distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
SPARCv8 / Solaris 2.x
ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/pub/soft/modula/ulm/sun4/
MC68020 / SunOS 4.x
ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/pub/soft/modula/ulm/sun3/
contact: Andreas Bouchert borchert@mathematik.uni-ulm.de
xTech Ltd
( Windows 95/NT, OS-2, Linux native code and translators. ISO compatible.)
Makes demo and pre-release versions with some restrictions available.
The download site for all versions is:
http://www.dct.com/~johnm/xdsavail.html#demo
3.3 How about a Summary of Commercial ISO Products for the Major Microcomputer platforms?
MS-DOS:
GPM, ModulaWare, Stony Brook
Windows95/NT:
ModulaWare, Stony Brook, XDS
OS/2:
Mill Hill, XDS
MacOS:
p1
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4. WHERE CAN I GET SOURCE CODE, OTHER INFO?
4.1.1 Is there source or other info available on the net?
A. Here are some net sites I have accessed at one time or another. I am not sure if all are still available or what is in them.
ftp://ee.newcastle.edu.au/pub/modula2/
ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/
ftp://FTP.twu.ca/pub/modula2/m2faq.html ( Home of this FAQ)
ftp://sageftp.inel.gov/ftp/pub/sage/
ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/pub/soft/modula/
WWW sites
http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Programming_Languages/Modula_2/
http://www.jumbo.com/prog/dos/modula2/
http://www.stfx.ca/people/jandrea/m2/
http://www.info.apple.com/dev/devinfo/languages.html (sparse M2 compiler info)
http://i44www.info.uni-karlsruhe.de/~vollmer/mocka.html
http://www.dct.com/~johnm/M2info.html
http://www.ualberta.ca/~pkobly/
http://www.pitt.edu/~jesst63/modula2.html
4.2 What other FAQs or lists of pages are available?
A. Try http://www.ee.newcastle.edu.au/users/staff/peter/m2/Modula2.html
A2. http://www.stfx.ca/people/jandrea/m2/
A3. (commercial) http://www.dct.com/~johnm/M2info.html
A4. http://www.ualberta.ca/~foka/Computer.html#Modula-2
A5. http://www.pitt.edu/~jesst63/modula2.html
A6. http://www.ualberta.ca/~foka/Computer.html#Modula-2
A7. http://www.dct.com/~johnm/xdslinks.html
4.3 Where can I find graphics libraries, etc?
A1. Try the PMOS library for various platforms at
http://www.ee.newcastle.edu.au/users/staff/peter/m2/PMOS/PMOS.html
(Australia)
or, at one of the following sites:
ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/code (North America)
ftp://cs.ru.ac.za/pub/languages (South Africa)
ftp://dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl/pub/modula2 (Western Europe)
ftp://ftp.cnit.nsk.su/pub/msdos/programm.ing/modula2 (Eastern Europe).
A2. there is a graphics library MultiGraph available through the MultiGraph home page at
http://www.ccas.ru/~iak/mg2.htm
It supports nearly all the Super-VGA graphics modes on VESA-compatible graphics boards, including high-color and true-color modes. You may also contact
Databiten AB
P O Box 115
811 22 Sandviken
SWEDEN
phone: +46 26 256493
fax: +46 26 253641
OR
Department of Applied Acoustics
Chalmers University of Technology
Gothenburg, SWEDEN
e-mail: bid@ta.chalmers.se
fax : +46 31 145154
OR
Alex Iakovlev
Computing Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
40, Vavilov Street, Moscow, GSP-1, 117967, Russia
mailto:iak@ccas.ru
4.4 Are there any mathematical libraries available?
A1. See Numerical Procedures in Modula-2 -- authorized translation of Numerical recipes in Pascal from PolyWare 1992 420 Ruston Rd Toronto, Ontario Canada
A2. A numerical analysis package (as Modula-2 source files) is now available. Information can be found at:
http://www.ee.newcastle.edu.au/users/staff/peter/m2/NumAnal.html
From this point one can download a classical (PIM) version or a standard (ISO) version.
The modules in this package are:
Complex arithmetic: most of the usual operations, including the
recently-requested SIN and COS.
Matrices: operations on matrices of any size (up to a maximum
size limit, of course) - things like addition, multiplication,
inverse, solving linear equations, eigenvalues.
Polynomials: including root-finding.
Fast Fourier Transform.
Solving ordinary differential equations.
A3. LMathLib is a library that defines a number of mathematical functions for Modula 2 programs. Unlike other libraries of the same kind, LMathLib patches the Modula 2 compiler. All library functions are inlined as assembler code for the Floating Point Unit. This results in faster code compared to the traditional solution with subroutine calls. Due to this machine dependent technique, you can use the library ONLY with the (free) GMD Modula System Mocka for Linux on INTEL based machines. You can get the LMathLib library via anonymous ftp from ftp://tee-1.tee.uni-essen.de/pub/Mocka/(132.252.131.33) Documentation is included. Web support is available at http://www.tee.uni-essen.de/~dress/LMathLib.html
4.5 Where can I get a Modula-2 to C converter?
A: The program mtc is available by anonymous ftp from
ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/grosch/mtc.tar.Z
ftp://ftp.ira.uka.de/pub/programming/cocktail/mtc.tar.Z
ftp://rs1.rrz.uni-koeln.de/usenet/comp.archives/languages/modula-2/mtc
An already ported version for DOS+DJGPP can be found at
ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/unix/programming/compilerbau/dos/mtc/
There is an already ported Linux version too. It can be found on the Sun site at http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/lang/modula-2/
Several of the compilers available work by producing C code and can also serve this purpose. See p1 and XDS listings.
4.6 Where can I get a Modula-2 to Modula-3 converter?
A. m2tom3 is available under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
License from
ftp://ftp-i3.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Modula-3-Contrib/m2tom3//P>
m2tom3 is a system to port Modula-2 programs to Modula-3. It consists
of two parts:
- A conversion program which tries to create a Modula-3 source text
with the same semantics as the Modula-2 input while retaining the
original look and feel as good as possible.
- A base library which tries to emulate the Modula-2 standard library
using the Modula-3 standard library.
contact: Peter Klein
office: Ahornstrasse 55, 52074 Aachen, Germany
e-mail: pk@i3.informatik.rwth-aachen.de.
Tel.: +49/241/80-21316
Fax.: +49/241/8888-218
4.7 Are there any Modula-2 applications around?
A. The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) develops and maintains a now ~350,000 line public domain MODULA-2 reusable component library called SAGE. For more information on SAGE send E-Mail to hotline@sage.inel.gov and see the FTP server at ftp://sageftp.inel.gov/ftp/pub/sage/
4.8 Is there a Modula-2 version available for parallel processing?
A. IPD Modula-2* team has released version 9401 of the new Modula-2* programming environment for several architectures. You can get the IPD Modula-2* distributions for all supported architectures by anonymous ftp from ftp://ftp.ira.uka.de/pub/programming/modula2star/
Please do not forget to use binary mode when retrieving any of them! Register your copy with the registration secretary: ipdm2s@ira.uka.de For further information and bug reports please contact the IPD Modula-2* team at msc@ira.uka.de
4.9 Are there any compiler construction tools available?
A1. Some old ones appear in ftp://ftp.gmd.de/GMD/cocktail/
AA2. Coco/R generates recursive descent parsers and their associated scanners from attribute grammars. Full source code, and a variety of simple example applications are supplied in the distribution kits. The Modula versions (1.39 is the latest) are available from
ftp://ftp.inf.ethz.ch:/pub/software/Coco
ftp://ftp.psg.com:/pub/modula-2/coco
ftp://cs.ru.ac.za:/pub/coco
ftp://ftp.fit.qut.edu.au:/pub/coco
There are versions for the MS-DOS compilers (JPI, FST, Logitech, StonyBrook, Gardens Point), for the Mocka compiler for Linux and FreeBSD, as well as for the Gardens Point Unix compilers, including Linux and FreeBSD. There is also a version that produces TurboPascal units very similar to the Modula modules. A port for the P1 compiler on the Mac should be available soon. A port by Rolf Schrader for TDI Atari Modula-2 is now available from
ftp://cs.ru.ac.za:/pub/coco/ATARI136.EXE in the form of an MS-DOS self-extracting file. This may also be unpacked by using the LHA decompressor on other systems.
A2. A copy of the EBNF for ISO Modula-2 can be found in
http://www.twu.ca/faculty/rsbook/Appendices/Ap3.nisus.html
4.10 Does anyone know of a lexical analysis tool that is written in Modula-2 and for Modula-2 code?
A.You want rex, part of Cocktail (also ll and lalr parser generators, abstract syntax trees, attribute grammar evaluators, tree Free version:
ftp://ftp.ira.uka.de:/pub/programming/cocktail/
ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/unix/programming/compilerbau/ (includes a dos version using DJGPP)
Commercial version and support:
Dr.-Ing. Josef Grosch Tel. : 0721-697061
CoCoLab Fax : 0721-661966
Hagsfelder Allee 16 EMail : grosch@cocolab.sub.com
D-76131 Karlsruhe
4.11 What can you tell me about debuggers?
A. For gnu, try http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/info/info/gdb.info,Modula-2
4.12 Is there an applications framework for Windows programming?
A. Try looking at
ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no/pub/sjr/m2afx.zip orftp://ftp.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/pc/windows/programming/modula/m2afx.zip
This software is an application framework that implements a number of classes that encapsulate the weirdness of the Windows C API and attempts to present it in a cleaner way to the Modula-2 programmer.
4.13 Does there exist something to convert a C header file to a Modula-2 DEFINITION MODULE file for me?
A. Try looking at the xTech Ltd site for the H2D freeware product on some platforms
4.14 Is there any Benchmark code out there?
A. Try looking at the xTech Ltd site for their benchmark suite.
http://www.dct.com/~johnm/xdsfbdlo.html#benchmarks
4.15 Where can I get the C code of a Modula-2 compiler?
A. Most Modula-2 compilers are written in Modula-2. It seems
rather strange to me that one would want to trust the compilation of a
good language to a tool written in a poor one.
4.16 Can you help me with my assignments?
A1. Some people may give you hints, but please do not subvert your professor and your education by submitting work other people do for you.
A2. Here are two answers submitted to the newsgroup in response to s desperate student's plea for ANY Modula-2 program. The first is rather prosaic; the second a little more imaginative:
MODULE homework;
IMPORT STextIO;
BEGIN
LOOP
STextIO.WriteString ("I will do my own homework.");
STextIO.WriteLn;
END;
END homework.
#include
main()
{
int i;
for(i=0; i<100; i++)
printf("I will do my own homework.\n");
}
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5. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON CODE AND ALGORITHMS
5.1 Where can I get an algorithm for an efficient random number generator?
A1. Pierre L'Ecuyer: Efficient and Portable Combined Random Number Generators, Communications of the ACM, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 742-749. The RNG has a period of approximately 2.3E+18. Generating 1 000 000 numbers per second, that means that it would take over 73 000 years before it repeated a sequence.
A2.Have a look at
http://www.pitt.edu/~jesst63/modula2.html
A3.Look in the PMOS library. This one uses the 'Minimal standard random number generator' described by Park & Miller, CACM 31,10,Oct 88 p1192. The code has been checked for the 10001st random as specified in Park & Miller p1195. One site is:
ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/code/random/
5.2 How can I prevent NIL pointer errors?
A.First guard your reference by writing
IF (myPointer # NIL) AND (myPointer^.fieldname =)...etc.
Because Modula-2 has short circuited Boolean expression evaluation, the first part guards the second from being evaluated inappropriately. Then, take the radical, unC-like step of checking your code design for the logical error that led to the incorrect reference in the first place.
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6. WHAT ARE SOME REFERENCE MATERIALS ON MODULA-2?
A1. A shareware text I have written (and that MAY be the only currently maintained English language instructional text on Modula-2) is available as html in
http://www.twu.ca/rsbook/Welcome.html
mirrors: http://eiunix.tuwien.ac.at/Modula-2/rsbook/
and as postscript in ftp://FTP.twu.ca/pub/modula2/Modula-2Text/Chapters.ps/
A2. A tutorial is available at the Jumbo site in
http://www.jumbo.com/prog/dos/modula2
A3.The manuals for some of the commercial products such as TopSpeed contain much useful information.
A4. The Gardens Point sites have documentation available (see their listing above.)
A5. A document called Modula-2 for Pascal programmers (Postscript,10 pages) may be fetched by anonymous ftp at ftp://ee.newcastle.edu.au/pub/modula2/Modula2.ps.Z
The author has not updated the contents for a couple of years, so there may be minor inaccuracies in terms of the current language standard.
A6. A variety of ETH papers are stored at ftp.ftp.ethz.ch in /doc/diss, /doc/tech-reports and /pub/oberon/docu
A7. What follows is a BIBLIOGRAPHY of some published materials in a table delimited by two spaces between fields:
Author Title City Publisher Year Subject
Adams, J. Mack Gabrini, Philippe J & Kurtz, Barry L. An Introduction to Computer Science with Modula-2 Lexington, MA D.C. Heath & Co 1988
Backhurst, Nigel G. Mastering Modula 2 Wilmslow Sigma 1988
Beidler, John & Jackowitz, Paul Modula-2 Boston Prindle Weber & Schmidt 1985
Blaschek, G. & Pomberger, G. Introduction To Programming With Modula-2 Springer-Verlag 1990
Budgen, David Software Development with Modula-2 Reading, MA Addison-Wesley 1989
Carmony, Lowell A. & Holliday, Robert L. A First Course In Modula-2 New York Computer Science Press c1990
Carroll, D. W. Advanced Modula-2 Programming for the IBM PC XT and AT Elsevier 1986
Chirlian, Paul M. Introduction to Modula-2 Beaverton, Or. Matrix Publishers
Christian, Kaare A guide to Modula-2 New York Springer-Verlag 1986
Cooling, J.E. Modula-2 for Microcomputer Systems Van Nostrand Reinhold 1988
Cooper, Doug Oh My! Modula-2! New York Norton 1990
Cornelius, Barry Programming with TopSpeed Modula-2 Reading, MA Addison Wesley 1991
Eisenbach, Susan & Sadler, Cristopher Program Design with Modula-2 Reading, MA Addison-Wesley 1989
Elder, Jim Compiler Construction: A Recursive Descent model Hemel Hempstead England: Prentice-Hall 1994
Etling, Don Modula-2 Programmer's Resource Book Blue Ridge Summit, PA Tab Books 1988
Feldman, Michael B. Data Structures with Modula-2 Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice Hall 1988
Ford, Gary & Wiener, Richard. Modula-2: A Software Development Approach New York Wiley 1985
Gabrini, Philippe J. & Kurtz, Barry L. Data Structures And Algorithms With Modula-2 Lexington, MA DC Heath c1992
Gleaves, Richard Modula-2 for Pascal Programmers New York Springer-Verlag 1984
Gough, K. John & Mohay, George M. Modula-2: A Second Course In Programming Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice Hall 1988
Greenfield, Stuart B. Invitation to Modula-2 Petrocelli Books 1985
Harrison, Rachael Abstract Data Types in Modula-2 New York Wiley 1989 Wiley
Harter, Edward D. Modula-2 Programming. A First Course Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall 1990
Helman, Paul & Veroff, Robert Walls and Mirrors: Intermediate Problem Solving and Data. Modula-2 Menlo Park, CA Benjamin Cummings 1988
Hewitt, Jill A. & Frak, Raymond J. Software Engineering in Modula-2: an object-oriented approach London Macmillan 1989.
Hille, R.F. Data Abstraction and Program Development Using Modula-2 Sydney Prentice Hall 1989
Hopper, Keith. The Magic of Modula-2 Melbourne Prentice Hall 1991
Johnston, Chris Applying Modula-2 Academic Press 1991
Jones, William C. Jr. Data Structures Using Modula-2 New York Wiley 1988
Jones, William C. Jr. Modula-2 Problem Solving and Programming with Style New York Harper & Row 1987
Joyce, Edward J. Modula-2: A Seafarer's Manual & Shipyard Guide Reading, MA Addison-Wesley 1985
Kaplan, Ian & Miller, Mike Modula-2 Programming Rochelle Park, NJ Hayden Book Co. 1986
Kelly-Bootle, Stan Modula-2 Primer Howard W. Sams & Co. 1987
King, K.N. Modula-2: A Complete Guide Lexington, MA D.C. Heath & Co 1988
Knepley, Ed & Platt, Robert Modula-2 Programming Reston, VA Reston Pub. Co. 1985
Koffman, Elliot B. Problem Solving and Structured Programming in Modula-2 Reading, MA Addison-Wesley 1988
Kruse, Robert L. Programming With Data Structures Modula-2 Version Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall 1988
Lawrence, Mike Modula-2 And The Amiga Avant-Garde Software 1990?
Leestma, Sanford & Nyhoff, Larry Programming & Problem-Solving in Modula-2 New York Macmillan 1989
Lins, C. (Charles) The Modula-2 Software Component Library Volumes I-IV New York Springer-Verlag 1989-
Mayer, Herbert G. Programming in Modula-2. the Art & the Craft New York Macmillan 1988
McCracken, Daniel D. & W. Salmon A Second Course in Computer Science with Modula-2 New York Wiley 1987
Messer, P. A. & I. Marshall Modula-2 Constructive Program Development Oxford Blackwell Scientific Publications 1986
Metrowerks, Inc. Staff Metrowerks Modula-2 Start Pak New York Macmillan 1990
Mitchell, R. J. Modula-2 Applied London Macmillan 1991
Mitchell, Richard Abstract Data Types And Modula-2 A Worked Example Of Design Using Data Abstraction Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice Hall 1992
Moore, John B. & McKay, Kenneth N. Modula-2 Text and Reference Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall 1987
Novak, M.M. Modula-2 in Science & Engineering London McGraw 1990
Nyhoff, Larry & Leestma ,Sanford Data Structures & Advanced Programming in Modula-2 New York Macmillan 1990
Ogilvie, John W. L. Modula-2 Programming New York McGraw-Hill 1985
Pinson, Lewis Sincovec, Richard & Weiner, Richard A First Course in Computer Science with Modula-2 New York Wiley 1987
Pittman, Thomas & Peters, James The Art Of Compiler Design Theory And Practice Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall 1992
Pomberger, Gustav. Software Engineering and Modula-2 Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice Hall 1984
Rechenberg, P. & M�ssenb�ck, H. (tr. O'Meara, John) A Compiler Generator for Microcomputers Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice Hall / Carl Hanser Verlag 1989
Riley, David D. Data Abstraction and Structures: An Introduction To Computer Science II Boston Boyd & Fraser Pub. Co. 1987
Riley, David D. Using Modula-2: An Introduction To Computer Science I Boston Boyd & Fraser Pub. Co. 1987
Sale, Arthur H. J. Modula-2: Discipline & Design Sydney Addison-Wesley 1986
Sawyer, Brian & Foster, Dennis. Programming Expert Systems in Modula-2 New York Wiley 1986
Schildt, Herbert Advanced Modula-2 Berkeley, CA Osborne McGraw-Hill 1987
Schildt, Herbert Modula-2 Made Easy Berkeley, CA Osborne McGraw-Hill 1986
Schiper, Andre; (tr. Howlett, Jack) Concurrent programming: Illustrated With Examples in Portal, Ada, and Modula-2 Halsted Press 1989
Schnapp, Russell L. Macintosh Graphics in Modula-2 Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall 1986
Sincovec, Richard F. & Richard S. Wiener. Data Structures Using Modula-2 New York Wiley 1986
Sincovec, Richard F. & Wiener, Richard S. Modula-2 Software Components New York Wiley 1987
Stubbs, Daniel F. & Webre, Neil W. Data Structures With Abstract Data Types and Modula-2 Monterey, CA Brooks/Cole Pub. Co. 1987
Sutcliffe, Richard J. Introduction to Programming Using Modula-2 Columbus, OH Merrill 1987
Sutcliffe, Richard J. mailto:rsutc@charity.twu.ca. Modula-2: Abstractions for Data and Programming Structures (Using ISO-Standard Modula-2) Mt. Lehman: Arjay Enterprises 1996. http://www.twu.ca/rsbook/Welcome.html (1996 09 16)
Sutcliffe, Richard J. Standard Generic Modula-2 (Document ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC22/WG13 D235) 1996 07 12 ftp://FTP.twu.ca/pub/modula2/WG13/ca101.GenericModula2CD(1996 09 16)
Sutherland, Robert J. The Professional Programmer's Guide to Modula-2 London Pitman 1988
Terry, Patrick D. An Introduction To Programming with Modula-2 Reading, MA Addison-Wesley 1987
Thalmann, Daniel Modula-2: An Introduction New York Springer-Verlag 1985
Tremblay, Jean-Paul DeDourek, John M. & Daoust, David A. Programming in Modula-2 New York McGraw-Hill 1989
Tucker, Allen B. Jr. Computer science: A Second Course Using Modula-2 New York McGraw-Hill 1988
Ullmann, Jeffrey Compiling in Modula-2 - A First Introduction To Classical Recursive Descent Compiling Hemel Hempstead England: Prentice-Hall 1994
Ural, Saim & Ural, Suzan Introduction to Programming with Modula-2 New York Harper & Row 1987
Walker, Billy K Modula-2 Programming With Data Structures Belmont, CA Wadsworth Pub. Co. 1986
Walker, Robert D. Modula-2 Library Modules: A Programmer's Reference Blue Ridge Summit, PA Tab Books 1988
Ward, Terry A. Advanced Programming Techniques in Modula-2 Glenview, IL Scott Foresman 1987
Welsh, Jim & Elder, John Introduction to Modula-2 Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall 1987
Wiatrowski, Claude A. & Wiener, Richard S. From C to Modula-2--and Back - Bridging The Language Gap New York Wiley
Wiener, Richard Modula-2 Wizard's Programming Reference New York Wiley 1986
Wiener, Richard & Ford, G. Modula-2 A Software Development Approach New York Wiley 1985
Wiener, Richard & Sincovec, R. F. Software Engineering with Modula-2 and Ada New York Wiley 1984
Willis, Claire & Paddon, Derek Abstraction And Specification With Modula-2 London Pitman 1992
Wirth, Niklaus Programming in Modula-2 (3rd corrected ed.) New York Springer-Verlag 1985
Wirth, Niklaus Algorithms and Data Structures (1986 edition) Englewood Cliffs, NJ Prentice-Hall 1986
Wirth, Niklaus Programming in Modula-2 (4th ed.) New York Springer-Verlag 1990
Woodman, Mark et al Portable Modula-2 Programming Maidenhead, Berkshire UK McGraw-Hill 1989
7. REVIEWS OF MODULA-2 PRODUCTS.
Note: The reviews have been contributed by others and I take no responsibility for their accuracy or for any opinions expressed therein. I have updated some of the facts.
p1 Modula-2 v5.2 for Macintosh, by Marc Martin, Dec 1994.This is an excellent Modula-2 compiler, implemented as an MPW Tool. Highlights include ISO language extensions & library, a full set of Macintosh toolbox definitions, language extensions to simplify toolbox programming, object-oriented extensions and support for MacApp, greater than 32k code and globals, code generation comparable to Apple's official compilers, several FPU code options, multi-window debugger, linkable with other MPW languages, detailed documentation, and superb technical support via e-mail. Downsides include high cost (US$400), dependency on MPW, lack of SADE support, and no native PowerPC version. Version 5.3 is in alpha testing, and adds ANSI C output for creating PowerPC programs under MPW or CodeWarrier. (Now at 5.4 and still no native PC back end -RS)
GPM, MOD32, TopSpeed and XDS are reviewed at http://www.eng.newcastle.edu.au/ee/Moylan/os2/os2m2.html
Appendix: AUTHOR INFORMATION AND DISCLAIMERS
Personal: I have used, written about, and taught Modula-2 (since 1983) and have maintained some of the information in this list for over seven years. I have used at least a dozen different compiler/environments in that time on five different platforms, and have written numerous articles and reviews for publication. I have been a member of the ISO committee WG13 (Modula-2 standardization) since its inception and have participated in all the debates and meetings of WG13 except for meeting #9 at Lake Wanaka. I have written a text on Modula-2 (now shareware), made numerous submissions to WG13 and directed an implementation of the ISO I/O library in order to verify its concepts. I am the author and project editor of Standard Generic Modula-2.
Disclaimers:
(i) I take no responsibility for anyone's use or misuse of this information.
(ii) Apart from having been a beta tester, textbook writer, programmer and a long time user of Modula-2, I have no financial connection with any manufacturer or distributor of software. I am the author of some Modula-2 materials (some of which are shareware) as noted herein.
(iii) In producing this material, I am NOT acting in an official capacity for TWU, WG13, ABC, IEEE, ACM, comp.lang.modula2, or any other organization.
(iv) Mention of a book or product is NOT an endorsement unless specifically noted.
(v) Inclusion of materials on this list is based on relevance to Modula-2 and factual content and is otherwise entirely without prejudice. I reserve the right to edit all submissions for brevity, clarity, and usage.
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Rick Sutcliffe (aka The Northern Spy in the old days)
Trinity Western University
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