by Henning Thielemann <iakd0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Nov 18, 2003 at 04:34 PM
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Olaf Wagner wrote:
> > This is again a question which arose here from time to time ...
>
> > Is there a current Integrated Development Environment sup****ting
Modula 3
> > ? I have recently checked KDevelop (Gideon) which sup****ts several
> > languages (excluding Modula 3 :-( ). It looks quite promising. Since
class
> > browser, Console parsing for error messages, RPM bundling etc. is
> > integrated, Modula 3 sup****t should "reduce" to writing a KDevelop
> > compliant Modula 3 parser. Is there someone who considered
implementing
> > such sup****t? :-]
>
> I don't know KDevelop; but if it is only a parser you need, it shouldn't
> be that difficult; there have been several formal language syntax
> definitions (i.e. a LR(1) grammar for M3) floating around in recent
> years. I think a search of the archives should turn up some references.
>
> So I guess the problem will be the phrase `KDevelop-compliant'...
I assume so. The question is if it is easier to integrate existing
Modula-3 parsers into KDevelop or to turn e.g. the Pascal parser of
KDevelop into a Modula-3 parser. By the way I'm impressed how popular
Modula-2 and even Pascal still are compared to Modula-3.
http://developer.kde.org/do***entation/library/cvs-api/kdevelop/html/LangSup****tStatus.html