> -- Comdiv писал(а):
> Прошло 25 дней с открытия. Кто-нибудь пробовал собрать транслятор под GNU/Linux или хотя бы под Windows? Изучали ли исходники, находили ли что-то полезное?

Yes: the XDS compilers do build and run very well on modern Windows systems.

Details

They do build and run on Windows 10 (64bit) with Visual Studio 2017 (using windows 8.1 SDK).

I am not a developer; but the code appears to be clearly written; it helps that it is mainly in Oberon and M2; with some 386 ASM; and C.

It is possible to changeanythingnow; for example you can now write Oberon 2 programs that can allocate 3.74GB from the heap; should you ever need to do so.

(Some of the project settings suggest increasing limits on powerful machines to 16MB which was a lot in the 1980s.)

A lot of people are reluctant to depend on tools that are not open source; at least now these tools can be updated and fixed as necessary (assuming someone needs to do that and has the skill to do so.)

I am thankful that Excelsior released these XDS compilers so they would not be lost forever; as often happens.


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