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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
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Posted: Sat Nov 28 20:17:19 1987
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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
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