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- From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
- Subject: Re: MacMETH 3.2 Modula 2 compiler--free
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.180904.8236@seas.gwu.edu>
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- Organization: George Washington University
- References: <1992Dec23.024931.28817@csi.jpl.nasa.gov> <1992Dec23.161029.23892@bernina.ethz.ch>
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:09:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec23.161029.23892@bernina.ethz.ch> mfranz@bernina.ethz.ch (Michael Franz) writes:
- >Just as a reminder:
- >
- > MacMETH has been superseded by MacOberon. The two languages are
- >similar enough to claim that Oberon can serve as a full replacement for
- >Modula-2, while it also adds object-orientation.
- >
- I've been a longtime Modula-2 teacher. I use it especially in my course
- on concurrent programming, as a nice example of a language providing
- both nice modules and "cheap" concurrency. We used MacMETH through vers.
- 2.4, at which time ETHZ decided it wanted to make us pay lots of money
- for the use of the system. Given the relatively small number of Macs
- and the relatively small enrollment in the course, I gave up.
-
- I was delighted to see MacMETH 3.2 turn up on the ftp server, and applaud
- ETHZ for its change in policy. Having downloaded the whole package and
- read the documentation, I discover to my dismay that concurrency is
- not supported, or rather not predefined in the distribution. The manual
- says that Processes will be implemented as a separate module. As I recall,
- this is what ETHZ did with vers. 2.4 - there was a relatively simple
- module distributed more-or-less separately from the compiler. As the
- whole 2.4 distribution crashed on Mac systems >68000, I assume that the
- Processes module is no longer usable.
-
- Am I correct in this assumption? If so, has anyone at ETHZ updated this
- module? I would be very grateful for a copy!
-
- I don't read this group very often, though I'm starting to read it again.
- Please reply by e-mail if you know anything about Processes for MacMETH.
- Thanks, and Happy New Year!
-
- Regards -
-
- Mike Feldman
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