The folks did GCC managed to do it. Must be a way. Hope you get it done.
I am a HUGE M2 fan but had to abandon it when I started programing for
windows ... there just isn't a good vendor available. I would be
interested in a M2 for palm though.
At 10:58 AM 12/17/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I've re-targeted our Modula-2 compiler system to Palm OS and now I'm
>constructing the support libraries. I've written the startup code and all
>that good jazz, have the "Hello, World" in Modula-2 workin on Palm OS. But
>that's not the reason for this mail... I have a question relating to
>copyright and header files.
>
>What I'd like to do is, in Modula-2, construct a set of definition modules
>which use the standard Palm C prototypes, naming conventions and parameters.
>This means that anybody using our Modula-2 compiler for Palm OS can
>piggyback on the documentation which is already produced for C.
>
>As an example of what I want to do, here's a procedure I cooked earlier:
>
> PROCEDURE ErrDisplayFileLineMsg(filename: ARRAY OF CHAR; lineNo: CARDINAL;
>msg: ARRAY OF CHAR)
> [SYSTRAP(SysTraps.sysTrapErrDisplayFileLineMsg), NOHIGH];
>
>It's (almost) identical to the standard C prototype, but is in a Modula-2
>guise. What I don't want to do is land in murky water and Palm's lawyers if
>I simply transcribe all C header files to Modula-2. There's the standard
>rider at the top of each Palm header which says I should get written
>permission to transcribe, translate, and so on. However, who do I call?
>Should I worry? If there's somebody from 3Com listening, could yo tell me
>who I should contact about this? Or whether I should worry?
>
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Paul Curtis
>Rowley Associates Ltd.
>
