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4 WHERE CAN I GET SOURCE CODE, OTHER INFO?

4.1 Is there source or other info available on the net?
A. Here are some net sites I have accessed at one time or another. I am not
sure if all are still available or what is in them.
  ftp://ee.newcastle.edu.au/pub/modula2/
  ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/
  ftp://ftp.twu.ca/FTP/pub/modula2/ ( Home of this FAQ)
  ftp://ftp.inf.ethz.ch/pub/
  ftp://NIC.SWITCH.CH
  ftp://sageftp.inel.gov/ftp/pub/sage/
  ftp://ftp.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/pub/soft/modula/
  http://www.yahoo.com/Computers/Languages/Modula_2/
http://www.jumbo.com/prog/dos/modula2/
WWW sites
http://www.stfx.ca/people/jandrea/m2/
http://www.info.apple.com/dev/devinfo/languages.html (sparse M2 compiler
info)
http://i44www.info.uni-karlsruhe.de/~vollmer/mocka.html
http://www.dct.com/~johnm/M2info.html


4.2 What other FAQs are available.
A. Try  http://www.eng.newcastle.edu.au/ee/Moylan/m2/Modula2.html
A2. http://www.stfx.ca/people/jandrea/m2/
A3. (commercial) http://www.dct.com/~johnm/M2info.html
A4. http://www.ualberta.ca/~foka/Computer.html#Modula-2

A5. http://www.pitt.edu/~jesst63/modula2.html

4.3  Where can I find graphics libraries, etc?
A1. Try the PMOS library at
  http://www.eng.newcastle.edu.au/ee/Moylan/m2/PMOS/PMOS.html
 (Australia)
   or, at one of the following sites:
  ftp://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/code  (North America)
  ftp://cs.ru.ac.za/pub/languages   (South Africa)
  ftp://dutiba.twi.tudelft.nl/pub/modula2   (Western Europe)
  ftp://ftp.cnit.nsk.su/pub/msdos/programm.ing/modula2   (Eastern Europe).

A2. there is a graphics library MultiGraph available from
  ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/programming/mg202ts1.zip  - for TopSpeed 1.17
  ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/programming/mg202ts3.zip  - for TopSpeed 3.10 (rt,xt)
  ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/programming/mg202sb2.zip  - for Stony Brook 2.02
  It supports nearly all the Super-VGA graphics modes on VESA-compatible
graphics boards, including high-color and true-color modes.
You may also contact
   Databiten
   P O Box 115
   811 22 Sandviken
   SWEDEN
   phone: +46 26 256493
   fax:   +46 26 253641
OR
   Department of Applied Acoustics
   Chalmers University of Technology
   Gothenburg, SWEDEN
   e-mail: bid@ta.chalmers.se
   fax : +46 31 145154


4.4 Are there any mathematical libraries available?
A1. See Numerical Procedures in Modula-2 -- authorized translation of
Numerical recipes in Pascal from PolyWare 1992 420 Ruston Rd Toronto,
Ontario Canada

A2. A numerical analysis package (as Modula-2 source files) is now
available as http://www.eng.newcastle.edu.au/ee/Moylan/m2/NumAnal.html
or ftp://ee.newcastle.edu.au/pub/modula2/numanal.zip
The modules in this package are:
    Complex arithmetic: most of the usual operations, including the
         recently-requested SIN and COS.
    Matrices: operations on matrices of any size (up to a maximum
         size limit, of course) - things like addition, multiplication,
         inverse, solving linear equations, eigenvalues.
    Polynomials: including root-finding.
    Fast Fourier Transform.
    Solving ordinary differential equations.


4.5  Where can I get a Modula-2 to C converter?
A: The program mtc is available by anonymous ftp from
  file://ftp.psg.com/pub/modula-2/grosch/mtc.tar.Z
  file://ftp.ira.uka.de/pub/programming/cocktail/mtc.tar.Z
  file://rs1.rrz.uni-koeln.de/usenet/comp.archives/languages/modula-2/mtc
    An already ported version for DOS+DJGPP can be found at at
  file://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/unix/programming/compilerbau/dos/mtc/
    Apparently there is an already ported Linux version too.  I could not
find the correct file reference myself, but try looking at a Linux mirror
site such as sunsite.unc.edu.
    Several of the compilers available work by producing C code and can
also serve this purpose.


4.6  Where can I get a Modula-2 to Modula-3 converter?
A. m2tom3 is available under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
License from
ftp://ftp-i3.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/Modula-3-Contrib/m2tom3/
   m2tom3 is a system to port Modula-2 programs to Modula-3. It consists
of two parts:
 - A conversion program which tries to create a Modula-3 source text
   with the same semantics as the Modula-2 input while retaining the
   original look and feel as good as possible.
 - A base library which tries to emulate the Modula-2 standard library
   using the Modula-3 standard library.
  contact: Peter Klein
  office:  Ahornstrasse 55, 52074 Aachen, Germany
  e-mail:  pk@i3.informatik.rwth-aachen.de.
  Tel.: +49/241/80-21316
  Fax.: +49/241/8888-218


4.7 Are there any Modula-2 applications around?
A. The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) develops and maintains
a now ~350,000 line public domain MODULA-2 reusable component library
called SAGE. For more information on SAGE send E-Mail to
hotline@sage.inel.gov and see the FTP server at
ftp://sageftp.inel.gov/ftp/pub/sage/


4.8 Is there a Modula-2 version available for parallel processing?
A. IPD Modula-2* team has released version 9401 of the new Modula-2*
programming environment for several architectures.
You can get the IPD Modula-2* distributions for all supported architectures
by anonymous ftp from ftp://ftp.ira.uka.de/pub/programming/modula2star/
Please do not forget to use binary mode when retrieving any of them!
Register your copy with the registration secretary: ipdm2s@ira.uka.de For
further information and bug reports please contact the IPD Modula-2* team
at msc@ira.uka.de


4.9 Are there any compiler construction tools available?
A1. Some old ones appear in ftp://ftp.gmd.de/GMD/cocktail/

AA2. Coco/R generates recursive descent parsers and their associated
scanners from attribute grammars.  Full source code, and a variety of
simple example applications are supplied in the distribution kits.  The
Modula versions (1.39 is the latest) are available from
ftp://ftp.inf.ethz.ch:/pub/software/Coco
ftp://ftp.psg.com:/pub/modula-2/coco
ftp://cs.ru.ac.za:/pub/coco
ftp://ftp.fit.qut.edu.au:/pub/coco
There are versions for the MS-DOS compilers (JPI, FST, Logitech,
StonyBrook, Gardens Point), for the Mocka compiler for Linux and FreeBSD,
as well as for the Gardens Point Unix compilers, including Linux and
FreeBSD.  There is also a version that produces TurboPascal units very
similar to the Modula modules. A port for the P1 compiler on the Mac should
be available soon.  A port by Rolf Schrader for TDI Atari Modula-2 is now
available from
ftp://cs.ru.ac.za:/pub/coco/ATARI136.EXE  in the form of an MS-DOS
self-extracting file.  This may also be unpacked by using the LHA
decompressor on other systems.

A2. A copy of the EBNF for ISO Modula-2 can be found in
http://www.twu.ca/faculty/fnas/math/rsbook/Appendices/Ap3.nisus.html


4.10 Does anyone know of a lexical analysis tool that is written in
Modula-2 and for Modula-2 code?
A.You want rex, part of Cocktail (also ll and lalr parser generators,
abstract syntax trees, attribute grammar evaluators, tree  Free version:

ftp://ftp.ira.uka.de:/pub/programming/cocktail/

  tp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/unix/programming/compilerbau/  (includes a
dos version using DJGPP)

 Commercial version and support:
  Dr.-Ing. Josef Grosch        Tel.  : 0721-697061
  CoCoLab                      Fax   : 0721-661966
  Hagsfelder Allee 16          EMail : grosch@cocolab.sub.com
  D-76131 Karlsruhe


4.11 What can you tell me about debuggers?
A. For gnu, try http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/info/info/gdb.info,Modula-2
4.12 Is there an applications framework for windows programming?
A. Try looking at
ftp://ftp.ifi.uio.no/pub/sjr/m2afx.zip


4.13 Can you help me with my assignments?
A. Some people may give you hints, but please do not subvert your professor
and your education by submitting work other people do for you.

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5. SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ON CODE AND ALGORITHMS

5.1 Where can I get an algorithm for an efficient random number generator?
A. Pierre L'Ecuyer: Efficient and Portable Combined Random Number
Generators, Communications of the ACM, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 742-749. The RNG
has a period of approximately 2.3E+18. Generating 1 000 000 numbers per
second, that means that it would take over 73 000 years before it repeated
a sequence.

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6 WHAT ARE SOME REFERENCE MATERIALS ON MODULA-2?

A1. A shareware text I have written is available as html in
http://www.twu.ca/faculty/fnas/math/rsbook/Welcome.html
mirrors: http://eiunix.tuwien.ac.at/Modula-2/rsbook/
and as postscript in ftp://FTP.twu.ca/FTP/pub/modula2/Modula-2Text/

A2. A tutorial is available at the Jumbo site in
http://www.jumbo.com/prog/dos/modula2
A3.The manuals for some of the commercial products such as TopSpeed contain
much useful information.

A4. The Gardens Point sites have documentation available (see their listing
above.)

A5. A document called Modula-2 for Pascal programmers (Postscript,10 pages)
may be fetched by anonymous ftp at
ftp://ee.newcastle.edu.au/pub/modula2/Modula2.ps.Z
The author has not updated the contents for a couple of years, so there may
be minor inaccuracies in terms of the current language standard.

A6. A variety of ETH papers are stored at ftp.ftp.ethz.ch in /doc/diss,
/doc/tech-reports and /pub/oberon/docu

A7. What follows is a BIBLIOGRAPHY of some published materials in a table
delimited by two spaces between fields:

Author  Title  City  Publisher  Year  Subject

        Adams, J. Mack Gabrini, Philippe J & Kurtz, Barry L.  An
Introduction to Computer Science with Modula-2  Lexington, MA  D.C. Heath &
Co  1988
        Backhurst, Nigel G.  Mastering Modula 2  Wilmslow  Sigma  1988
        Beidler, John & Jackowitz, Paul  Modula-2  Boston  Prindle Weber &
Schmidt  1985
        Blaschek, G. & Pomberger, G.  Introduction To Programming With
Modula-2   Springer-Verlag  1990
        Budgen, David  Software Development with Modula-2  Reading, MA
Addison-Wesley  1989
        Carmony, Lowell A. & Holliday, Robert L.  A First Course In
Modula-2  New York  Computer Science Press  c1990
        Carroll, D. W.  Advanced Modula-2 Programming for the IBM PC  XT
and AT  Elsevier  1986
        Chirlian, Paul M.  Introduction to Modula-2  Beaverton, Or.  Matrix
Publishers
        Christian, Kaare  A guide to Modula-2  New York  Springer-Verlag  1986
        Cooling, J.E.  Modula-2 for Microcomputer Systems    Van Nostrand
Reinhold  1988
        Cooper, Doug  Oh My!  Modula-2!  New York  Norton  1990
        Cornelius, Barry  Programming with TopSpeed Modula-2  Reading, MA
Addison Wesley  1991
        Eisenbach, Susan & Sadler, Cristopher  Program Design with Modula-2
Reading, MA  Addison-Wesley  1989
        Elder, Jim   Compiler Construction: A Recursive Descent model
Hemel Hempstead  England:  Prentice-Hall  1994
        Etling, Don  Modula-2 Programmer's Resource Book  Blue Ridge
Summit, PA  Tab Books  1988
        Feldman, Michael B.  Data Structures with Modula-2  Englewood
Cliffs, NJ  Prentice Hall  1988
        Ford, Gary & Wiener, Richard.  Modula-2: A Software Development
Approach  New York  Wiley  1985
        Gabrini, Philippe J. & Kurtz, Barry L.  Data Structures And
Algorithms With Modula-2  Lexington, MA  DC Heath  c1992
        Gleaves, Richard  Modula-2 for Pascal Programmers  New York
Springer-Verlag  1984
        Gough, K. John & Mohay, George M.  Modula-2: A Second Course In
Programming  Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice Hall  1988
        Greenfield, Stuart B.  Invitation to Modula-2    Petrocelli Books  1985
        Harrison, Rachael  Abstract Data Types in Modula-2  New York  Wiley
1989 Wiley
        Harter, Edward D.  Modula-2 Programming.  A First Course  Englewood
Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1990
        Helman, Paul & Veroff, Robert  Walls and Mirrors: Intermediate
Problem Solving and Data. Modula-2  Menlo Park, CA  Benjamin Cummings  1988
        Hewitt, Jill A. & Frak, Raymond J.  Software Engineering in
Modula-2:  an object-oriented approach   London  Macmillan  1989.
Hille, R.F.  Data Abstraction and Program Development Using Modula-2
Sydney  Prentice Hall  1989
        Hopper, Keith.  The Magic of Modula-2  Melbourne  Prentice Hall  1991
        Johnston, Chris  Applying Modula-2   Academic Press  1991
        Jones, William C. Jr.  Data Structures Using Modula-2  New York
Wiley  1988
        Jones, William C. Jr.  Modula-2 Problem Solving and Programming
with Style  New York  Harper & Row  1987
        Joyce, Edward J.  Modula-2: A Seafarer's Manual & Shipyard Guide
Reading, MA  Addison-Wesley   1985
        Kaplan, Ian & Miller, Mike  Modula-2 Programming  Rochelle Park, NJ
Hayden Book Co.  1986
        Kelly-Bootle, Stan  Modula-2 Primer    Howard W. Sams & Co.  1987
        King, K.N.  Modula-2: A Complete Guide  Lexington, MA  D.C. Heath &
Co  1988
        Knepley, Ed & Platt, Robert  Modula-2 Programming  Reston, VA
Reston Pub. Co.  1985
        Koffman, Elliot B.  Problem Solving and Structured Programming in
Modula-2  Reading, MA  Addison-Wesley  1988
        Kruse, Robert L.  Programming With Data Structures Modula-2 Version
Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1988
        Lawrence, Mike  Modula-2 And The Amiga  Avant-Garde Software  1990?
        Leestma, Sanford & Nyhoff, Larry  Programming & Problem-Solving in
Modula-2  New York  Macmillan  1989
        Lins, C. (Charles)  The Modula-2 Software Component Library Volumes
I-IV  New York  Springer-Verlag  1989-
        Mayer, Herbert G.  Programming in Modula-2.  the Art & the Craft
New York  Macmillan  1988
        McCracken, Daniel D. & W. Salmon  A Second Course in Computer
Science with Modula-2  New York  Wiley  1987
        Messer, P. A. & I. Marshall  Modula-2 Constructive Program
Development  Oxford  Blackwell Scientific Publications  1986
        Metrowerks, Inc. Staff  Metrowerks Modula-2 Start Pak  New York
Macmillan  1990
        Mitchell, R. J.  Modula-2 Applied   London  Macmillan  1991
        Mitchell, Richard  Abstract Data Types And Modula-2  A Worked
Example Of Design Using Data Abstraction   Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice
Hall  1992
        Moore, John B. & McKay, Kenneth N.  Modula-2 Text and Reference
Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1987
        Novak, M.M.  Modula-2 in Science & Engineering  London  McGraw  1990
        Nyhoff, Larry & Leestma ,Sanford  Data Structures & Advanced
Programming in Modula-2  New York  Macmillan  1990
        Ogilvie, John W. L.  Modula-2 Programming  New York  McGraw-Hill  1985
        Pinson, Lewis Sincovec, Richard & Weiner, Richard  A First Course
in Computer Science with Modula-2  New York  Wiley  1987
        Pittman, Thomas & Peters, James  The Art Of Compiler Design Theory
And Practice  Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1992
        Pomberger, Gustav.   Software Engineering and Modula-2  Englewood
Cliffs, NJ  Prentice Hall  1984
        Rechenberg, P. & Mössenböck, H. (tr. O'Meara, John)  A Compiler
Generator for Microcomputers  Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice Hall / Carl
Hanser Verlag  1989
        Riley, David D.  Data Abstraction and Structures: An Introduction
To Computer Science II  Boston  Boyd & Fraser Pub. Co.  1987
        Riley, David D.  Using Modula-2: An Introduction To Computer
Science I  Boston  Boyd & Fraser Pub. Co.  1987
        Sale, Arthur H. J.  Modula-2: Discipline & Design  Sydney
Addison-Wesley  1986
        Sawyer, Brian & Foster, Dennis.   Programming Expert Systems in
Modula-2  New York  Wiley  1986
        Schildt, Herbert  Advanced Modula-2  Berkeley, CA  Osborne
McGraw-Hill  1987
        Schildt, Herbert  Modula-2 Made Easy  Berkeley, CA  Osborne
McGraw-Hill  1986
        Schiper, Andre; (tr. Howlett, Jack)  Concurrent programming:
Illustrated With Examples in Portal, Ada, and Modula-2    Halsted Press
1989
        Schnapp, Russell L.  Macintosh Graphics in Modula-2  Englewood
Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1986
        Sincovec, Richard F. & Richard S. Wiener.   Data Structures Using
Modula-2  New York  Wiley  1986
        Sincovec, Richard F. & Wiener, Richard S.  Modula-2 Software
Components  New York  Wiley  1987
        Stubbs, Daniel F. & Webre, Neil W.  Data Structures With Abstract
Data Types and Modula-2  Monterey, CA  Brooks/Cole Pub. Co.  1987
        Sutcliffe, Richard J.  Introduction to Programming Using Modula-2
Columbus, OH  Merrill  1987
        Sutherland, Robert J.  The Professional Programmer's Guide to
Modula-2  London  Pitman  1988
        Terry, Patrick D.  An Introduction To Programming with Modula-2
Reading, MA  Addison-Wesley  1987
        Thalmann, Daniel  Modula-2: An Introduction  New York
Springer-Verlag  1985
        Tremblay, Jean-Paul DeDourek, John M. & Daoust, David A.
Programming in Modula-2  New York  McGraw-Hill  1989
        Tucker, Allen B. Jr.  Computer science: A Second Course Using
Modula-2  New York   McGraw-Hill  1988
        Ullmann, Jeffrey  Compiling in Modula-2 - A First Introduction To
Classical Recursive Descent Compiling   Hemel Hempstead  England:
Prentice-Hall  1994
        Ural, Saim & Ural, Suzan  Introduction to Programming with Modula-2
New York  Harper & Row  1987
        Walker, Billy K  Modula-2 Programming With Data Structures
Belmont, CA  Wadsworth Pub. Co.  1986
        Walker, Robert D.  Modula-2 Library Modules: A Programmer's
Reference  Blue Ridge Summit, PA  Tab Books  1988
        Ward, Terry A.  Advanced Programming Techniques in Modula-2
Glenview, IL  Scott Foresman  1987
        Welsh, Jim & Elder, John  Introduction to Modula-2  Englewood
Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1987
        Wiatrowski, Claude A. & Wiener, Richard S.  From C to Modula-2--and
Back - Bridging The Language Gap  New York  Wiley
        Wiener, Richard  Modula-2 Wizard's Programming Reference  New York
Wiley  1986
        Wiener, Richard & Ford, G.  Modula-2 A Software Development
Approach  New York  Wiley  1985
        Wiener, Richard & Sincovec, R. F.  Software Engineering with
Modula-2 and Ada  New York  Wiley  1984
        Willis, Claire & Paddon, Derek  Abstraction And Specification With
Modula-2  London  Pitman  1992
        Wirth, Niklaus  Programming in Modula-2 (3rd corrected ed.)  New
York  Springer-Verlag  1985
        Wirth, Niklaus  Algorithms and Data Structures (1986 edition)
Englewood Cliffs, NJ  Prentice-Hall  1986
        Wirth, Niklaus  Programming in Modula-2 (4th ed.)   New York
Springer-Verlag  1990
        Woodman, Mark et al  Portable Modula-2 Programming  Maidenhead,
Berkshire UK  McGraw-Hill  1989

7. REVIEWS OF MODULA-2 PRODUCTS.

Note: This section is experimental. The reviews have been contributed by
others and I take no responsibility for their accuracy or for any opinions
expressed therein.

p1 Modula-2 v5.2 for Macintosh, by Marc Martin, Dec 1994. This is an
excellent Modula-2 compiler, implemented as an MPW Tool. Highlights include
ISO language extensions & library, a full set of Macintosh toolbox
definitions, language extensions to simplify toolbox programming,
object-oriented extensions and support for MacApp, greater than 32k code
and globals, code generation comparable to Apple's official compilers,
several FPU code options, multi-window debugger, linkable with other MPW
languages, detailed documentation, and superb technical support via e-mail.
Downsides include high cost (US$400), dependency on MPW, lack of SADE
support, and no native PowerPC version. Version 5.3 is in alpha testing,
and adds ANSI C output for creating PowerPC programs under MPW or
CodeWarrier.

Appendix: AUTHOR INFORMATION AND DISCLAIMERS

Personal: I have used, written about, and taught Modula-2 (since 1983) and
have maintained some of the information in this list for over four years. I
have used at least a dozen different compiler/environments in that time on
five different platforms, and have written numerous articles and reviews
for publication. I have been a member of the ISO committee WG13 (Modula-2
standardization) since its inception and have participated in all the
debates and meetings of WG13 except for meeting #9 at Lake Wanaka. I have
written a text on Modula-2, made numerous submissions to WG13 and directed
an experimental implementation of the ISO I/O library in order to verify
its concepts.

Disclaimers:
(i) I take no responsibility for anyone's use or misuse of this information.
(ii) Apart from having been a beta tester, textbook writer, programmer and
a long time user of Modula-2, I have no financial connection with any
manufacturer or distributor of software. I am the author of some Modula-2
materials (some of which are shareware) as noted herein.
(iii) In producing this material, I am NOT acting in an official capacity
for TWU, WG13, comp.lang.modula2, or any other organization.
(iv) Mention of a book or product is NOT an endorsement unless specifically
noted.
(v) Inclusion of materials on this list is based on relevance to Modula-2
and factual content and is otherwise entirely without prejudice. I edit all
submissions for brevity, clarity, and usage.

To remain authoritative, this and all versions of this FAQ are copyright
1991-1995 by Rick Sutcliffe. This document may be copied and distributed
provided it is not altered and no fee is charged with the exception of
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Compiled by:
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Trinity Western University
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