🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <cspt.30.715505454@giraffe.ru.ac.za> cspt@giraffe.ru.ac.za (Prof. P. Terry) writes:

>[citing Roger Carvalho]
>[...] I just got back from my sabbatical (6 weeks during which I
>created m-2 v3.0).
>
>I will release the new compiler Sep 8 (still doing documentation).
>
>Besides telling you the location of runtime errors as
>module/line, the new compiler supports objects -- virtual methods
>and single inheritance. That is all!
>
>I decided to release this compiler to find out if there is still
>any interest in Modula-2 out there. If the response is
>reasonable, I will do a debugger (everyone wants one!). If not...
>goodbye FST!

But the ONE enhancement which would make the difference between a
nice toy and a serious tool seems still to be missing: code & data 
space > 64 K FOR EACH SINGLE MODULE. While this may not be a problem
if you develop new code (at least not the 64 K maximum code size per
module), it becomes nearly impossible to port existing software from
unix (writtten using the Mocka compiler, in my case) which does not
suffer from these restrictions!

Sorry, as long as this problem remains, FST Modula does not help me --
if it is solved, I would like to get a copy and happily pay the 
registration fee.

In the meantime: Is there any other Modula-Compiler for MS-DOS (may
well require a 386) which does not not have those infamous 64 K -
limits? I don't have experiences with Topspeed or Logitech, but have
been told they are not better in this respect.

(slightly disappointed, since generally I like FST Modula)

        Dirk