From: larry@TITAN.TSD.ARLUT.UTEXAS.EDU ("Larry Maturo")
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: Oberon-2 Compiler
Date: 25 Aug 92 21:06:33 GMT
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In article <9208250737.aa02868@thama1.apgea.army.mil> you write:
>
>    I am trying to find out what interest there is in a native code Oberon-2
>    compiler for the 80386 running under MS-DOS that generates pure
>    executables (not loadable modules like Oberon386 from ETH).
>
>    Given that it generated 386 (not 80x86) code:
>
>    How interested would you be: (not at all, moderately, extremely)
        I have an 80286, but I will eventually upgrade to 486 so I am moderately
        interested.


>    What would you consider a fair price: (<$100, $100 <= x <= $250, >$250)
        I've never bought a compiler that cost more than $125.00 including
        tax, title, license, shipping, and extras that are available for the
        compiler.  If the compiler is in this price range, but more extras
        with the available extras I don't buy it on the principal that the
        company will nickel and dime me to death forever and the system is
        probably not even functional without the extras.  In the past Borland,
        Microsoft, and several others have sold complete packages in this
        range.

>    Would price be a deciding factor in a purchase?
        Yes!!!!!

>    Would you be less interested if it required a separate linker?
        If it's the DOS linker, no.  If the linker is not DOS's linker
        but it's free then no again.


>    How interested would you be in an Oberon-2 to C++ translator?
        Yuch!!!!

>    How interested would you be in an Oberon-2 to Ada translator?
        A lot.

>
>    Please describe why you are (or are not) interested in Oberon-2.  Also,
>    please describe why you would want to have an Oberon-2 compiler.
        I use Ada at work but at home I would like to play around with a
        an object oriented langauge, which Ada isn't.  I have C++ at home
        and one of the Turbo Pascal versions with object extensions but
        neither were designed as an object oriented language from the
        start like Oberon/Oberon-2.  Oberon is one of the simpliest object
        oriented langauges around.

>
>    Please mail responses directly to me (thutt@thama1.apgea.army.mil), and
>    I will post the results I receive.  All answers will remain anonymous.

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