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In article <199312071051.LAA07730@zeus.cs.kun.nl>, Frans Panken <fransp@CS.KUN.NL> writes:
> Dear SIMULA users,
> 
> I am using the Unix version of the "cim" compiler, the simula
> compiler based on c. I received this compiler by means of ftp from a
> host in the Netherlands. The compiler works satisfactory, but I have
> the folowing questions:
> 
> a) I need some information about the copyrights and commercial
> availability of "cim". Does anybody know something about this ?

You can send an email to cim@ifi.uio.no, and ask about this.

> 
> b) Are there any manuals for "cim", or books that can help both
> novice and experienced programmers to use this simula compiler ?
> Does anyone has experience with the book "Kirkerud, Object-oriented
> programming with SIMULA, Addison Wesley 1989", cited in "cim"
> documentation?

Kirkerud's book does not contains information about cim.
It is however a good book on Simula.

> 
> c) I am interested in a debugging tool. Does such a tool consist for
> the cim-compiler, and where can I get it?
> 

I have not used any debugging tools for the cim compiler, but you should 
be able to use a debugger like xdb. In order to get xdb working cim must 
insert some info into the C code when it translates Simula into C.
Try to ask somone at cim@ifi.uio.no.

I know that some C++ compilers use the method above when C++ is translated 
into C.

> I hope there is anybody out there who can help me with this. Any
> help on (some of) these question is greatly appreciated.
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> 
>         Frans Panken

PS: 

1) cim can also be obtained from the anonymous ftp server ifi.uio.no in
   the directory /pub/cim

2) Some nice tools for Simula can also be found on the above mentioned ftp
   server. File: /pub/Simulatools.tar.Z (filetools, promptools, settools ++)
   These tools are used a lot in Kirkeruds book.

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Trond Vidar Stensby
tvs@ffi.no