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Bill Hogan writes:
>
>    Hello.
>
>    I just installed cim-1.64 for Linux on my PC and, to get started,
> bought a copy of the book "Discrete Event Modelling on Simula" --
> which when I ordered it I guess I must have thought was entitled
> "Discrete Event Modelling *in* Simula" because when the book arrived
> yesterday I was quite surprised to discover it was about "DEMOS: *A
> System for* Discrete Event Modelling on Simula".
>
>    But don't get me wrong, I like this book!
>
>    It just added a couple of new pieces to the puzzle: Is DEMOS
> compatible with cim-1.64 and, if it is, how might I obtain a copy of
> it?

 cim is very slightly less than Standard SIMULA in that it does not
 accept virtual procedure specifications which do not have parameter
 specifications. I understand that it is easy to modify the DEMOS
 source code to get over this.

>    I know the book says that copies of DEMOS may be obtained through
> the offices of its author -- on 9-track magnetic tape (I think) -- but
> that was c.1987, so I hope I am not being impolite in asking if it
> still holds true.

 The author, Graham Birtwistle, recently took up a new post at Leeds
 University, U.K. His e-mail address is:

                graham@scs.leeds.ac.uk

 Hope this helps.

 Cheers....Ron

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