Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!oberon!cit-vax!elroy!mahendo!jplgodo!wlbr!scgvaxd!ashtate!dbase!drc From: drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: Re: TML M2 system Message-ID: <273@dbase.UUCP> Date: Sun, 29-Nov-87 08:15:33 EST Article-I.D.: dbase.273 Posted: Sun Nov 29 08:15:33 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Dec-87 22:18:00 EST References: <2092@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU> Distribution: na Organization: Ashton Tate Development Center Glendale Cal. Lines: 31 Keywords: modula2, Macintosh In article <2092@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU>, rlc@uvacs.CS.VIRGINIA.EDU (Robert L. Chase) writes: > Is anyone familiar with the Modula-2 system advertised in recent issues of > MacTutor by TML? Their Pascal is reportedly very good. Iv'e had very bad luck > trying to deal with MacModula Corp recently, and need a full blown Modula-2 > system for my MacII for CS research. Any help would be appreciated. Please > reply to rlc@cs.virginia.edu (INTERNET). Thanks very much. -Bob Chase I have reviewed the TML Modula-2 product for MacWorld -- the review is in this month's (Dec. 87) issue. It's a good compiler/product. It is NOT stand-alone, but runs under MPW as a tool (just like MPW Pascal and C). The version I own doesn't have Volume V libraries as yet, but I just received word from TML that the new libraries are on the way. Another MPW Modula-2 compiler, SemperSoft, is also available. It currently supports Volume V interfaces. I tend to use SemperSoft because: 1) it supports type-transfer functions 2) it produces tighter code (both size and speed) 3) it compiles faster 4) the Volume V stuff is already there. TML has better documentation and costs $25 less, plus it was out there first. If you need a stand-alone Modula-2, there is MacMeth (Modula Corp, so it's probably the one you're having problems with), TDI M-2 (TDI, Dallas TX, buggy and awkward with what might be the worst editor I've ever used), and MacLogimo (shareware, $18.50, based upon the ETHZ compiler). None of them currently have the Volume V support, but it should be easy to roll your own with MacLogimo since you get all the other library sources. Dennis Cohen Ashton-Tate Glendale Development Center dBASE Mac Development Team -------------------------- Disclaimer: Everything above is personal opinion and experience. It has nothing to do with my employer.