Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!ncar!gatech!mcnc!ece-csc!ncrcae!ncrlnk!uunet!mcvax!enea!naggum!isncr!m2cs!frode From: frode@m2cs.naggum.se (Frode Odegard) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: Re: Modula 2 complier for HP-UX ?? Summary: Sun and Oregon Software sells Modula-2 for the Sun! Message-ID: <115@m2cs.naggum.se> Date: 25 Nov 88 09:06:21 GMT References: <7160001@hpcupt1.HP.COM> <108@m2cs.naggum.se> <619@umecs.cs.umu.se> Organization: Modula-2 CASE Systems A.S, Oslo, Norway Lines: 38 In article <619@umecs.cs.umu.se>, peter@umecs.cs.umu.se (Peter Lundberg) writes: > > I called the company [ana-systems] about two weeks ago looking for a > Modula-2 compiler for our Sun workstations running Unix 3.4 / 3.5. > > I then got the answer that the only debugger supported was adb and > that they had no planes either developing a debugger or making the > compiler support gdx / gdx-tools on Sun. > > Maybe (hopefully) this guy in California did'nt know what he was > talking about, if so, please tell me I'm wrong because I REALLY NEED > TO FIND a compiler who supports these tools. > > Any hints would be appreciated. > > Peter Lundberg. > > peter@cs.umu.se Well, ana-systems can provide you with ports of their compiler for lots of obscure machines. If you want a specialized compiler for a popular machine, you might not want to get ana-systems' compiler as long as they don't have a debugger. However, Sun Microsystems has a fairly good compiler of their own, and the same seems to be true for Oregon Software [although I've never tested their compiler]. We're using Sun's compiler for a fairly large (250,000+ loc) Modula-2 project, and so far it seems to work. You can use Sun's dbx and dbxtool debuggers to debug programs written with their compiler, while Oregon Software sells their own debugger. The University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands will sell you their Amsterdam compiler kit if you're really desperate. I don't know about debugging support in the Amsterdam Compiler Kit, though. - Frode, M2CS PS: Good luck!