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     About 8 months ago, I asked JPI what their plans were for a true 32-bit
OS/2 version of Modula-2. Currently I am running their 16-bit DOS version, but in May or so I upgraded to OS/2, and should like to be able to generate OS/2-specific code. Besides, in May OS/2 2.0 came out and the OS made the leap from 16-bit with 1.3 to full 32-bit. There is currently rumoured [subjective issue] to be a "shortage" of 32-bit applications for OS/2, with the bulk of available OS/2 native applications being 16-bit code generated to run under version 1.3 or earlier.
     I was told at the time [guesswork involved in forecasting on their part] that "around September 1992" there MIGHT be a 32-bit upgrade, and that to make one double-upgrade [to 32-bit AND to OS/2] might be slightly cheaper than to make two single-upgrades.
     Since then, JPI has been taken over by Clarion, which is currently some six months behind its announced target date [spring 1992] for release of the next upgrade of its flagship database manager, and it is rumoured to be "all hands to the pumps" to get the upgrade out the door, which MAY mean a cessation of work on the JPI compilers, or at least a reduction in the level of effort being expended in that direction.
     Has anyone heard any half way reliable rumours of a likely release date for a 32-bit Modula-2 Compiler by JPI-Clarion?
          [It would make sense (to me) for them to be awaiting the release of the CSD (Corrective Service Diskettes) a.k.a. Service Pack, from IBM, with the 32-bit graphics engine, and 200+ bug fixes, which would result in a more "stable" environment under which the compiler could be tested, before they released the compiler. They might even be awaiting the next "upgrade," with Windows 3.1 emulation, as opposed to the 3.0 emulation to be found in the current version. This is a non-trivial issue, as I gathe



r that Windows 3.1 will not run all Windows 3.0 applications, and IBM is aiming at a Windows 3.1 "emulation" which WILL run all Windows 3.0 applications as well as 3.1 applications.]
     It isn't as though there were any other 32-bit OS/2 compilers for Modula-2 up and running out there, or am I mistaken? JPI at least announced that they were working on one!
     Yours,
     R.W. Hutchinson.


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