gpm modula-2 library

library reference

Gardens Point Modula-2 has silently disappeared from the net with the exception of GPM/CLR which is an implementation of the historical Gardens-Point Modula-2 compiler for the .NET runtime. I leave this information here as someone may still use older builds of the compiler.

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GPM ISO Modula-2 Library:
chanconsts.def charclass.def convtypes.def iochan.def ioconsts.def iolink.def ioresult.def longconv.def longio.def longmath.def longstr.def programargs.def	rawio.def realconv.def realio.def realmath.def realstr.def rndfile.def seqfile.def sioresult.def slongio.def srawio.def srealio.def stdchans.def	stextio.def streamfile.def strings.def swholeio.def sysclock.def termfile.def textio.def wholeconv.def wholeio.def wholestr.def
GPM non-ISO Modula-2 Library (PIM + compiler-specific):
dtoa.def ascii.def asciitime.def buildargs.def cardsequences.def cardtrees.def coroutines.def debugwrite.def flength.def frexp.def gensequencesupport.def gpfiles.def hugeinout.def	hugeints.def inout.def pathlookup.def pcproces.def pipeutilities.def progargs.def random.def RDTSC.def realinout.def safe.def shellpipes.def stackunwind.def stddevice.def	stderror.def storage.def system.def termchan.def termdevice.def terminal.def textinout.def types.def uxfiles.def uxhandles.def uxprocesses.def varstrs.def

Here's a short description of the compiler extracted from the Gardens Point Modula-2 Users Guide:

gardens point modula provides a uniform Modula2 programming environment in multivendor networks, and provides unrivaled portability between machines. The implementation is based on the emerging ISO draft standard for the Modula2 language and its libraries, and is fully integrated with UNIX 1 standards. gardens point modula provides the following features:

a fully typechecked, safe programming environment based on sound software engineering principles

safe separate compilation based on predeclared interfaces, data hiding and data abstraction

comprehensive compiletime diagnostics, with explicit error messages, and optional warnings for obsolete syntax or dubious program constructs

rigorous version checking of symbol and object files during compilation, and during loadmodule building

seamless integration with standard UNIX tools such as prof and dbx, and safe interfaces to libraries such as curses

extensive runtime checking is standard, with both commandline and embeddedpragma control of checks if desired

high quality, fast code