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Re: Converting Modula-2 to C

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From: agurski on BIX
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 07:14
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simon@callan.demon.co.uk (Simon Callan) writes:

>I'm not sure if this is the best newsgroup for this, but since I got the
>info from the FAQ, it seem reasonable.

>I am trying to convert a large amount o2 Modula-2 to C, using the MTC
>program running under DOS and DJGPP. I have compiled MTC, with no
>problems, but I am having problems running it.

>I have a simple test program :

>IMPLEMENTATION MODULE test;

>VAR
>  A : CARDINAL;
>BEGIN
>  A:=1;
>END test.

>When I try to run MTC on this, I get the following result:

>D:\TEST>mtc test.mod
>go32 version 1.12.maint1 Copyright (C) 1994 DJ Delorie
>test.mod:
>  8,  1: Error        illegal character
>  1 error(s)
>D:\TEST>

>does anyone know what is going wrong with this?

>Thanks in advance

>Simon Callan
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Assuming that your test program is a "main" program, you might consider
trying without the word "IMPLEMENTATION" on line 1.
 
                                     -- Aron
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