[Gm2] Re: Modula-2 news

[john o goyo]

Greetings:

Gaius Mulley wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As there has been little traffic on the mailing list I thought I'd
> outline a few items of Modula-2 news and areas currently being worked
> upon. I'm currently deep in the middle of bringing the GM2 front end
> up to gcc-4.1.0. I'd like to pursue pushing into the GCC mainline tree
> (although this could be some way off.. read much work :-).

How would this effect the boot-strapping p2c?

> Another motivation for bringing GM2 upto gcc-4.1.0 is so that GM2
> can target the AVR embedded microprocessors - an area where Modula-2
> should excel imho..

Your worthy opinion reminds of where I first read about Modula-2.  The old 
Byte magazine had a hardware column called "Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar" written 
by Steve Ciarcia.  One project dealt with building a wee computer with a 
microprocessor -- the 8051, I believe -- and he positively gushed about a new 
language that he just learned about, namely Modula-2.  He cross-compiled the 
code on a CP/M box with Turbo Modula-2 and moved it over.  (Well, he may used 
dual-ported RAM -- I cannot really remember.)  He was quite happy with the 
results.

Sincerely,
john

> Also the Modula-2 language patches for gdb have been overhauled and
> are about to be applied to the mainline gdb cvs tree which should
> reduce the inconvenience of maintaining patches relative to gdb
> versions etc.
>
> Finally, is anyone going to the GCC developers conference in Ottawa?
>
> regards,
> Gaius