Re: Ada compiler using a M2 compiler as back-end

[Simon Clubley <clubley@remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>]

On 2012-02-07, Yannick Duch�ne <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Le Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:29:23 +0100, Gautier write-only  
><gautier_niouzes@hotmail.com> a �crit:
>
>> Hi,
>> Just saw that a Modula-2 compiler (Stony Brook) has been recently
>> released as freeware:
>>
>>   http://modula2.org/adwm2/
>>

Thanks for the pointer. I note it does appear to be Windows only.

>
> I wondered why Modula?2 instead of Modula?3. A quick search on the web  
> suggest Modula?3 was not widely adopted as an industry standard. Does that  
> mean Modula?2 is really widely adopted ?
>

It's popular enough that there's now a GNU Modula-2 compiler at:

	http://www.nongnu.org/gm2/homepage.html

It also claims on that site that the compiler is capable of acting as a
cross compiler for some AVR and ARM devices.

(I like to keep a lookout for safety conscious languages which can be
built as cross compilers under Linux and whose code can run on bare metal
in a real time environment; and yes, Ada is currently the best candidate
for that role for me, but I am always interested in other options.)

Simon.

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