🚀 go-pugleaf

I must disagree with Mr. Pournelle's condemnation of JPI M2 V2 whose 
failings--I admit there are failings--are being blown out of
proportion.  I refuse to believe that I am the only developer who
has not stumbled onto any major failings.  (As I have indicated earlier
on this forum, I have used the V2 product without major incident on
on two significant projects, using a lowly 8086!)  I was not disturbed
by increased disk space requirements--big deal! Or compilation rate--
We're still talking thousands of lines of code per minute!  See Peter
Coffee's review of Modula-2 compilers in a past issue of PC-Week).
I'd gladly chose a 2000 LPM compiler/system that is part of a 
multi-language platform.  I don't do everything in Modula-2.
Even if I don't create multi-lang. apps., why should I have to learn
a new editor, a new debugger and M.O.?  That time is more important than
4000 vs. 2000 (arb. example) LPM compilation rates.

True (and unfortunately so) the system is poorly documented when
compared with Borland and Microsoft documentation standards. (Even
the V1 docs. were pretty Spartan).  I don't want an ARM (shouldn't
have to suffer one for Modula-2), but would like more details on
the object system--specifically about object creation/initialization;
more details and many more examples on the use of the pragma system. 
Let's hope V3 docs show the lesson learned. 

I would not go back to V1.

The OOP extension IMPO appears well integrated (I've implemented an OOP
extension to M2 myself and was pleased with what JPI had done).  This
is still Modula-2. 

As to the C'ness complaints I've seen leveled at the product--hogwash.
I'm not particularly enamored with C, but have not been tainted by
using JPI M2!  Regarding libraries...If the intent is to build a
multi-lang. platform, then one will probably want to capitalize on
REUSE.  The same debugger, the same code generator, the same or a
shared subset of core libraries.  At the lowest levels
who cares if the same resources are shared by C and Modula-2?! 

--Larry