Date   : Fri, 12 Jul 1991 08:10:14 GMT
From   : mcsun!hp4nl!gufalet.let.rug.nl!rug4!laverman@uunet.uu.net (Bert Laverman)
Subject: CPM compiler survey, please read & reply

Dear all,
  Now and again the question of available CP/M compilers pops up.
Lately this keeps centering around C compilers and Macro assemblers,
but I think it would be nice to get a more general overview.

  Now I'm strictly CP/M-80 (2.2/3) myself, but I suppose we've got an
audience with also CP/M-68k and CP/M-86 users. Undoubtebly the latter
versions have more coplete implementations, but let's see anyway.

Some compilers I can drag from memory:
  C: Small-c, BDS-C
  Pascal: Turbo-Pascal v3, Pascal/MT+
  BASIC: MBASIC (interpreter), CBASIC
  Assembly: M80, ASM (CP/M 1/2 standard), MAC/RMAC (CP/M 3 standard)
  Modula-2 (by rumor)
  Ada (sounds like a nightmare, but anyway)
  PL/M (never seen one, but the BDOS interface (parameters in BC/DE) is
    based on a PL/M convention)

  I would like to collect information about any compiler you can think of
that runs on CP/M machines, and I'll summarize the results. Preferably
I'ld like to get entries as this one:

  Language: C
  Compiler name: BDS-C version ??, Copyright holder: BD Software
  Status: sold???, last checked: 198?, where: computer shop
  Remarks: No floating point, K&R
  Minimal system: CP/M-80, 48k, floppy.

Especially the status of a package will be interesting. I doubt if many
shops still sell CP/M software, and the big question is: `how far can we
go?'

  Please mail your answers to me (laverman@cs.rug.nl). I'll let it
collect for maybe two weeks, and then compile a list.

Greetings, Bert

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  Bert Laverman,  Dept. of Computing Science, Groningen University
  laverman@cs.rug.nl                   bert@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org