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Article #557Modula-2: Is a standard needed?
From: Bill Seurer
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 18:29
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 18:29
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YES! Is the current standard the answer? I don't know. Having to deal with several versions of Modula-2 compilers on different systems and trying to maintain code that will compile with any of them is a real pain. PIM is NOT enough. We went so far as to write our own system-independent modules to do what some of the existing library modules do. But the existing ones are different or incomplete between systems and therefore unusable. A good, solid standard with a usable set of I/O libraries would be a big step forward. I don't like the look of the new standard's I/O libraries. They look WAY too complex. Unfortunately, it is probably too late. Modula-2 was mostly passed over for C++ around here. And lack of a standard was one of the concerns that killed it. I am sure many other projects have seen the same thing. -- - Bill Seurer Language and Compiler Development IBM Rochester, MN Internet: BillSeurer@vnet.ibm.com America On-Line: BillSeurer@aol.com
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Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!yktnews!admin!nordruth!seurer From: seurer@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Bill Seurer) Subject: Modula-2: Is a standard needed? Sender: news@rchland.ibm.com Message-ID: <1992Sep08.182922.24494@rchland.ibm.com> Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 18:29:22 GMT Reply-To: BillSeurer@vnet.ibm.com Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM Nntp-Posting-Host: nordruth.rchland.ibm.com Organization: IBM Rochester Lines: 23