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Woody Yeung writes:

>May I ask if you are using p1 for your personal work or as part of a Boeing
>project?

Hi Woody,

I am using p1 Modula-2 at work to port some Modula-2 programs on the VAX to
the Mac.  The programs are definitely non-trivial, with individual module
sizes approaching 10,000 lines each.

>I am about to embark on a major project using the p1 compiler with MacApp 2.0
>but would like to have SYM support.  I am negotiating with Elmar to either
>have V4.3 support SYM or to have V5.0 support MacApp 2.0.1.
>Is V5.0 stable enough?

I cannot offer any comparison of the stability of V4.3 versus V5.0, as I
have never used V4.3 because of it's restriction on the code size of an
individual module (32 Kbytes, or around 2500 lines).

I have found and reported a few bugs in the beta release V5.0b4.  Many of
these bugs were fairly obscure, and were apparently in V4.3 as well.  Some
of the bugs that were V5.0 specific were related to the ISO I/O Libraries,
so I am currenty using the MODUS I/O Libraries instead.  However, p1's
technical assistance (via e-mail) has been excellent.  They have helped me
find temporary workarounds for each bug, and tell me that all of these bugs
have now been fixed.  I notice that you are using V5.0b8, so your version
probably has my bug fixes in them!

If you are about to embark on a major project, I would recommend using V5.0
over V4.3 because of the many improvements that they have described in
their release notes.  I wouldn't worry too much about finding bugs in this
major new release, because p1 is so good about getting your problem solved
and the compiler fixed.

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Marc Martin
Boeing Space & Defense Group, Seattle, WA, USA
martino@alseng.boeing.com