ANNOUNCE: libsimpleio for GNU Modula-2 (preliminary)

[Philip Munts]

I have just published the first code drop of Linux Simple I/O Library support for GNU Modula-2. This is preliminary code: It is incomplete and what is complete may be pretty rough. I decided to let people look at it before I finish every last detail.

It includes thin bindings for the following libraries:

* libadc
* libgpio
* libhidraw
* libipv4
* liblinux
* libpwm
* libserial
* libstream
* libwatchdog

There are also an assortment of support modules (e.g. for the Raspberry Pi) and a lot of test programs.

Source code is available at:

http://git.munts.com/libsimpleio

Prebuilt packages for Debian stretch are available at:

http://repo.munts.com/debian9

I have been interested in "Wirthian" programming languages since I first encountered Pascal for the HP 3000 in ca. 1981. During the late eighties/early nineties I paid real money for no less than three commercial Modula-2 compilers (and one Ada compiler) for MS-DOS. I never did much with them as they were all inferior to Turbo Pascal. After that I got sucked into the Unix and C world.

It has been interesting to play around with GNU Modula-2 after all these years. Even though it lacks a lot of modern stuff like objects, I think it is still useful for systems programming. I am hoping that the compiler for the Raspberry Pi together with the Linux Simple I/O Library bindings might reignite some interest in Modula-2.

Phil

[j***@gmail.com]

Post by Philip Munts
I have just published the first code drop of Linux Simple I/O Library support for GNU Modula-2. This is preliminary code: It is incomplete and what is complete may be pretty rough. I decided to let people look at it before I finish every last detail.
* libadc
* libgpio
* libhidraw
* libipv4
* liblinux
* libpwm
* libserial
* libstream
* libwatchdog
There are also an assortment of support modules (e.g. for the Raspberry Pi) and a lot of test programs.
http://git.munts.com/libsimpleio
http://repo.munts.com/debian9
I have been interested in "Wirthian" programming languages since I first encountered Pascal for the HP 3000 in ca. 1981. During the late eighties/early nineties I paid real money for no less than three commercial Modula-2 compilers (and one Ada compiler) for MS-DOS. I never did much with them as they were all inferior to Turbo Pascal. After that I got sucked into the Unix and C world.
It has been interesting to play around with GNU Modula-2 after all these years. Even though it lacks a lot of modern stuff like objects, I think it is still useful for systems programming. I am hoping that the compiler for the Raspberry Pi together with the Linux Simple I/O Library bindings might reignite some interest in Modula-2.
Phil

You might be interested in Mike Spivey's oberon compiler which is maintained, fast and cross platform.