🚀 go-pugleaf

Well, you shouldn't hold your breath for any release -- I'd predict 6 to 12
months before we can go beta. But, to answer your question, initial target is
the VAX, with the DECStation close behind. Sun equipment is also a
possibility. We don't have plans to do anything beyond that ourselves, though
(being FSF based stuff) source will be available for others to do compiler
ports. Also, we hope that the additional back end requirements will be such
that little work would be needed beyond what gcc requires (i.e., once you've
got the latest gcc up on a specific configuration, there shold be little
additional work required to get Modula-3 up). Details are quite fuzzy on that
because we really don't know what back end stuff we'll be doing which will
not be a standard part of gcc 2.x (which is expected to add nested functions
and some support for exception handling, for example). [Don't hassle RMS about
gcc 2.x!] Does that help you figure out what's going on?		Eliot
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		J. Eliot B. Moss, Assistant Professor
		Department of Computer and Information Science
		Lederle Graduate Research Center
		University of Massachusetts
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