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In <1992Aug20.134358.25702@informatik.uni-bremen.de> 
	ms@lehre11.informatik.Uni-Bremen.DE (Martin Schroeder) writes:
> Today Modula-2 to me seems to be dying: Vendors are vanishing and
> most of the world (i.e. the Intel-World) is using C++. And in 18
> months we will have a wonderful standard, but nobody will care
> ("Modula-2? We are using C++").  So what is the presence and
> the future of Modula-2? And who ist really using Modula-2 (no
> universities please, just the real world)?

Take a few steps out of your university : We here at ArtCom GmbH have 
implemented a complex software system running on UNIX (SCO) in Modula-2.
Started in 1986 on a MS-Dos-PC our Software now is about more 320,000 
lines of M2.

We are still in the market (Prepress Technology) but we don't care
about any M2-Standardization.  Our own inhouse language standard is
defined by N.Wirth "yellow report" (ETH Zuerich, March 1980) and some
self defined additional rules (Don't use this, Don't use that).  
That is enough for us.  Any serious Modula-2 use must be based on a 
clever selection of basic library modules, which doesn't rely on the 
random rubbish delivered from most M2-compiler vendors.  
It has taken us much time to develop this library set and the 
development still continues (including now X11 and a own
GUI toolkit).

Our current production compiler (Glance Ltd., Zuerich) generates 
`C' (used as a portable Macro-Assembler ;-) and we are using 
the GNU-suite (gcc 1.40, gdb,gmake, ...) as production development 
tools.  

All this works fine for us.

Regards, Peter
Note: The usual "english_is_not_my_native_language"-disclaimer applies
      to this "kraut"-babble.
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Peter Funk \\ ArtCom GmbH, Schwachhauser Heerstr. 78, D-2800 Bremen 1
Work at home: Oldenburger Str.86, D-2875 Ganderkesee 1 / voice : top secret