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Here's a short description of the compiler taken from a paper by Gaius Mulley and Keith Verheyden (Department of Computer Studies, University of Glamorgan): Enhancing a Modula-2 compiler to help students learn interactively within the Ceilidh system (As far as I know m2f is the only PIM2 Modula-2 compiler): The design and implementation of the compiler commenced in 1987 as part of a research project and was based on the 2nd edition Programming in Modula-2. As far as level one students are concerned, the major difference between the 2nd edition and later editions is that identifiers must explicitly be exported from the definition module. It is believed that this is useful when learning about definition and implementation modules, requires discipline from the student and reinforces the reason for the definition module. It also provides the user of a definition module with a brief list of all exported identifiers. Another attractive feature from the compiler implementor's viewpoint is the ease at which Modula-2 can be integrated with C and thus the UNIX operating system. Identifiers which are qualified on export have the module name prefixed to them in the assembler and object file. Identifiers which are not qualified on export do not have the module name prefixed, thus definition modules can be easily written for corresponding C files. The compiler has been implemented using a recursive descent parser and produces quadruples as intermediate code. The 80[345]86 code generator is very simple but mature and reliable, the compiler has been used by staff and final year students since 1994. |
