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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!dtix!darwin.sura.net!ukma!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!ucbvax!NEMOMUS.BITNET!A379
  2. From: A379@NEMOMUS.BITNET (Mark Johnson)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
  4. Subject: Modula-2: Is a standard needed?
  5. Message-ID: <08SEP92.23550518.0071.MUSIC@NEMOMUS>
  6. Date: 9 Sep 92 01:48:21 GMT
  7. Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
  8. Reply-To: Modula2 List <INFO-M2%UCF1VM.BITNET@cmsa.Berkeley.EDU>
  9. Organization: The Internet
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  12. > YES!
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  14. > Is the current standard the answer?  I don't know.
  15. >
  16. > Having to deal with several versions of Modula-2 compilers on different
  17. > systems and trying to maintain code that will compile with any of them
  18. > is a real pain.  PIM is NOT enough.
  19.  
  20. People have said that they could write portable code with PIM.
  21. I'd like to hear how, in particular, how do you deal with
  22. I/O?
  23.  
  24. Mark Johnson    a379@academic.nemostate.edu
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