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In article <1992Nov11.223839.9171@infodev.cam.ac.uk> crj10@phx.cam.ac.uk (Clive Jones) writes:
>X-Furry-Character: Gerald_Duck
Urg ...

>
>In article <1992Nov11.124610.22046@infodev.cam.ac.uk>, jna10@cl.cam.ac.uk (J.N. Abley) writes:
>> And while I'm here, has anyone ported a modula 2/3 compiler to the Arc?
>
>I believe a standalone Modula-2 compiler for the Arc exists - it has certainly
>been mentioned since the days of Arthur, and the old APCS!
>
>Modula-3 certainly doesn't exist for RiscOS3, and it is my suspicion that it
>never will, at least in its DEC/SRC incarnation. To say that the compiler is
>grungy is an understatement, and it's quite heavyweight - you'd need a good
>few megabytes of RAM, and tens of megabytes of hard disc.

I think you over-estimate the size of Modula 3 itself - I have ftp'd the
SRC DEC Modula-3 distribution, and while all the X libraries, etc. are
really quite large - you could have a RISC OS binary < 2MB (the executable)
and the core libraries & headers in less than 10 MB of harddisc. I fear
that you would need 8MB of RAM to run the compiler though ...

I'd don't believe the job of porting is that difficult (he says!), but for
the time being, I think I'll stick with running it under RISCiX thanks !
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