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- From: crj10@phx.cam.ac.uk (Clive Jones)
- Subject: Re: Modula 2/3
- In-Reply-To: jna10@cl.cam.ac.uk (J.N. Abley)'s message of Wed, 11 Nov 1992 12:46:10 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov11.124610.22046@infodev.cam.ac.uk>, jna10@cl.cam.ac.uk (J.N. Abley) writes:
- > And while I'm here, has anyone ported a modula 2/3 compiler to the Arc?
-
- I believe a standalone Modula-2 compiler for the Arc exists - it has certainly
- been mentioned since the days of Arthur, and the old APCS!
-
- Modula-3 certainly doesn't exist for RiscOS3, and it is my suspicion that it
- never will, at least in its DEC/SRC incarnation. To say that the compiler is
- grungy is an understatement, and it's quite heavyweight - you'd need a good
- few megabytes of RAM, and tens of megabytes of hard disc.
-
- > I had an idea that most m2/3 compilers actually "compile" to C, so
- > a port might not be all that hard...
-
- It DOES, incidentally, work OK on RiscIx - the Lab (cl.cam.ac.uk, that is) has
- it running - I just doubt they keep it all on the local hard discs...
-
- --Clive.
-