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In article <1992Dec23.161029.23892@bernina.ethz.ch> mfranz@bernina.ethz.ch (Michael Franz) writes:
>Just as a reminder:
>
>  MacMETH has been superseded by MacOberon. The two languages are
>similar enough to claim that Oberon can serve as a full replacement for
>Modula-2, while it also adds object-orientation.
>
I've been a longtime Modula-2 teacher. I use it especially in my course
on concurrent programming, as a nice example of a language providing
both nice modules and "cheap" concurrency. We used MacMETH through vers.
2.4, at which time ETHZ decided it wanted to make us pay lots of money
for the use of the system. Given the relatively small number of Macs
and the relatively small enrollment in the course, I gave up.

I was delighted to see MacMETH 3.2 turn up on the ftp server, and applaud
ETHZ for its change in policy. Having downloaded the whole package and
read the documentation, I discover to my dismay that concurrency is
not supported, or rather not predefined in the distribution. The manual
says that Processes will be implemented as a separate module. As I recall,
this is what ETHZ did with vers. 2.4 - there was a relatively simple
module distributed more-or-less separately from the compiler. As the
whole 2.4 distribution crashed on Mac systems >68000, I assume that the 
Processes module is no longer usable. 

Am I correct in this assumption? If so, has anyone at ETHZ updated this
module? I would be very grateful for a copy!

I don't read this group very often, though I'm starting to read it again.
Please reply by e-mail if you know anything about Processes for MacMETH.
Thanks, and Happy New Year!

Regards -

Mike Feldman
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