Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!hplabs!gatech!pyr!kludge From: kludge@pyr.gatech.EDU (Scott Dorsey) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Re: Help in selecting the right Modula 2 needed Message-ID: <4564@pyr.gatech.EDU> Date: Sat, 28-Nov-87 20:17:19 EST Article-I.D.: pyr.4564 Posted: Sat Nov 28 20:17:19 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 1-Dec-87 03:48:10 EST References: <8711242228.AA06102@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: kludge@pyr.UUCP (Scott Dorsey) Organization: Georgia College Of Universal Knowledge Lines: 17 In article <8711242228.AA06102@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> RALPH@UHHEPG.BITNET writes: >we are contemplating buying a Modula 2 compiler for cp/m. It has to run on a >Z80 (although the processor is soon going to be a Z280). As far as I can see, >there are three compilers on the market (excluding the one for UCSD-p): >- Turbo Modula 2 (available from Echelon for $89.95), >- the Zuerich M2 compiler (available from W&A for $160), and >- FTL Modula 2 (also W&A for $49.95). I have used the Zurich M2 compiler, and if you like astoundingly slow compilation, and enjoy being able to go out to lunch during compiles, this is the compiler for you. It also has some bad compiler bugs. Stay away from this one. -- Scott Dorsey Kaptain_Kludge SnailMail: ICS Programming Lab, Georgia Tech, Box 36681, Atlanta, Georgia 30332 Internet: kludge@pyr.gatech.edu uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ihnp4,linus,rutgers,seismo}!gatech!gitpyr!kludge