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- From: dzabel@cs.tu-berlin.de (Dirk Zabel)
- Subject: Re: FST is alive and well
- In-Reply-To: cspt@giraffe.ru.ac.za's message of Thu, 3 Sep 1992 07:30:54 GMT
- Message-ID: <DZABEL.92Sep3122216@pc2.cs.tu-berlin.de>
- Sender: news@cs.tu-berlin.de
- Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
- References: <cspt.30.715505454@giraffe.ru.ac.za>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 10:22:40 GMT
- Lines: 38
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- In article <cspt.30.715505454@giraffe.ru.ac.za> cspt@giraffe.ru.ac.za (Prof. P. Terry) writes:
-
- >[citing Roger Carvalho]
- >[...] I just got back from my sabbatical (6 weeks during which I
- >created m-2 v3.0).
- >
- >I will release the new compiler Sep 8 (still doing documentation).
- >
- >Besides telling you the location of runtime errors as
- >module/line, the new compiler supports objects -- virtual methods
- >and single inheritance. That is all!
- >
- >I decided to release this compiler to find out if there is still
- >any interest in Modula-2 out there. If the response is
- >reasonable, I will do a debugger (everyone wants one!). If not...
- >goodbye FST!
-
- But the ONE enhancement which would make the difference between a
- nice toy and a serious tool seems still to be missing: code & data
- space > 64 K FOR EACH SINGLE MODULE. While this may not be a problem
- if you develop new code (at least not the 64 K maximum code size per
- module), it becomes nearly impossible to port existing software from
- unix (writtten using the Mocka compiler, in my case) which does not
- suffer from these restrictions!
-
- Sorry, as long as this problem remains, FST Modula does not help me --
- if it is solved, I would like to get a copy and happily pay the
- registration fee.
-
- In the meantime: Is there any other Modula-Compiler for MS-DOS (may
- well require a 386) which does not not have those infamous 64 K -
- limits? I don't have experiences with Topspeed or Logitech, but have
- been told they are not better in this respect.
-
- (slightly disappointed, since generally I like FST Modula)
-
- Dirk
-
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