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From: kjb@cs.vu.nl (Kees J Bot)
Subject: Modula-2 and Pascal compilers available
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Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 08:48:54 GMT
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Some of you may remember that the ANSI C compiler for Minix 1.5 was
once accompanied by a Modula-2 and a Pascal compiler.  This was not the
case for Minix 2.0 thanks to a misunderstanding[1].

After clearing up this misunderstanding and a little work we now have a
Modula-2 and a Pascal compiler available from these addresses:

	http://www.cs.vu.nl/ftp/minix/2.0.0/ack/

	ftp://ftp.cs.vu.nl/pub/minix/2.0.0/ack/

Installation instructions can be found in the associated README file.
A quick check showed that older Minix versions back to 1.7.2 should be
able to install and use the compilers, but I don't guarantee it.  (Not
that we guarantee anything else.[2])

[1] The misunderstanding was that I thought that Andy had only secured
permission to use the C compiler, and Andy thought that I only had a C
compiler for Minix-386.  It turned out Andy has permission for all
compilers, and I had the Modula-2 and Pascal compilers sitting idle on
the shelf.  Maybe we should talk more.

[2] #include <std/software/disclaimer.h>
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long:  http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/minix.html         Kees J. Bot  (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
short: http://www.cs.vu.nl/ftp/minix/README.html        Systems Programmer
ftp:   ftp://ftp.cs.vu.nl/pub/minix/		   Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
