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Re: Is TopSpeed/JPI/Clarion still alive

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From: Scott Cornwall
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 09:19
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Peter Moylan writes:

>From rumour - which is the only source of information I have -
>it sounds as if the new Modula-2 compiler will not be released
>as a product in its own right, but will instead be available
>as a component of Clarion for Windows.  I don't know where that
>leaves those of us who have no use for Clarion and/or who
>wouldn't touch Windows with a barge-pole.  For myself, I'm
>making sure that I have good backups of my version 3.1 so that
>I can keep using it when it's no longer sold.

I asked for TopSpeed for clarification a couple of days ago about whether the 
32 bit M2 compiler would be suitable for embedded development. 
This is the reply :

> Sorry to disappoint you, but I have not heard of any plans to support 
> embedded systems in our 32bit M2 compiler.  It is currently targeted at 
> Windows development only.

I am not looking forward to a change to C/C++ for our embedded work :(
Hmmm... I wonder how good Delphi would be at embedded development ???

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