tool: SRC Modula-3


Language:
Modula-3
Version:
3.5
Parts:
compiler(->C), runtime library, documentation
Author:
DEC Systems Research Center <m3-request@src.dec.com> LINUX version compiled by Michel Dagenais
Location:
ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Modula-3/release-3.5/*.tar.gz
msdos:
ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Modula-3/contrib/m3pc*
os2:
ftp.vlsi.polymtl.ca in pub/m3/os2 (binaries only)
Description:
The goal of Modula-3 is to be as simple and safe as it can be while meeting the needs of modern systems programmers. Instead of exploring new features, we studied the features of the Modula family of languages that have proven themselves in practice and tried to simplify them into a harmonious language. We found that most of the successful features were aimed at one of two main goals: greater robustness, and a simpler, more systematic type system. Modula-3 retains one of Modula-2's most successful features, the provision for explicit interfaces between modules. It adds objects and classes, exception handling, garbage collection, lightweight processes (or threads), and the isolation of unsafe features.
Conformance:
implements the language defined in SPwM3.
Requires:
gcc, preferrably X11
Ports:
i386/AIX 68020/DomainOS Acorn/RISCiX MIPS/Ultrix 68020/HP-UX RS6000/AIX IBMRT/4.3 68000/NextStep i860/SVR4 SPARC/SunOS 68020/SunOS sun386/SunOS Multimax/4.3 VAX/Ultrix FreeBSD Linux
Discussion:
comp.lang.modula3
Contact:
Bill Kalsow <kalsow@src.dec.com>
Updated:
July 9th, 1995

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