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To: Modula2 List <INFO-M2%UCF1VM.BITNET@cmsa.Berkeley.EDU>
Subject: Re: Oberon-2 Compiler
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.

In article <9208250737.aa02868@thama1.apgea.army.mil> you write:
:     I am trying to find out what interest there is in a native code Oberon-2
:     compiler for the 80386 running under MS-DOS that generates pure
:     executables (not loadable modules like Oberon386 from ETH).
:
:     Given that it generated 386 (not 80x86) code:

I suppose you also want to support memory beyond 640k?

:     How interested would you be: (not at all, moderately, extremely)

Extremely, but I'm only a student, so financial issues have some influence.
How are you going to arrange garbage-collection, I wouldn't like to have to
write a collector for every program I write.

:     What would you consider a fair price: (<$100, $100 <= x <= $250, >$250)

This depends very much on the libraries you want to include, and the compiler
efficiency. And of course the development environment. If you want your
compiler to become a mass-market product, you have to price it below $100
(and do something about those awful uppercase keywords), and you need
something like the Borland environment.

:     Would price be a deciding factor in a purchase?

Yes.

:     Would you be less interested if it required a separate linker?

No, but at least try to integrate it in an environment. Of course I don't
have that many library functions I would have to rewrite.

:     How interested would you be in an Oberon-2 to C++ translator?

Not.

:     How interested would you be in an Oberon-2 to Ada translator?

Not.

:     Please describe why you are (or are not) interested in Oberon-2.  Also,
:     please describe why you would want to have an Oberon-2 compiler.

Oberon-2 is an elegant language, and there are some programs I want to write,
for which Oberon-2 would be an adequate language.

:     Please mail responses directly to me (thutt@thama1.apgea.army.mil), and
:     I will post the results I receive.  All answers will remain anonymous.

Please keep me informed on the progress you make.

Stephan
stephan@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl