Re: Modula-2 "object" format for def'n module?

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From: Chuck Lins
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 1990 03:52

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In article <43710@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> v056ped5@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu writes:
>In article <josef.657189394@peun11>, josef@nixdorf.de (Moellers) writes...
>>Hi,
>>I am currently busy to write my own Modula-2 compiler.
>>Although progress is very slow, I would like to know if someone could
>>give me any hints on the format of compiled "DEFINITION MODULE"s.
>>| Josef Moellers		| c/o Siemens Nixdorf Informatonssysteme AG |
>
>
>I may be wrong, but I always thought of DEFINITION MODULE's as a text
>interface to compiled code. If I am wrong would someone drop me a line

Symbol files are usually a much more compact format than straight source text.
There is an article in IEE Software (Sept or Nov 87/88) by Jurg Gutknecht
describing the mechanism. You'll have to add the fine details to get it
working, but the article provides enough information to get the main logic
down.


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From: lins@Apple.COM (Chuck Lins)
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Subject: Re: Modula-2 "object" format for def'n module?
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