[M3devel] Classic Modula-3 Books

[Tony Hosking]

Last contact I had with Greg Nelson was this e-mail...

Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Greg Nelson" <gnelson at gmail.com>
> Date: 25 March 2006 10:43:52 GMT+11:00
> To: hosking at cs.purdue.edu
> Subject: Some progress
> Reply-To: greg at perlnelson.org
>
>  Antony,
>
> Thank you for your help.  By following your advice I have  
> successfully downloaded CM3 to my Linux machine, and used it to  
> compile and execute the program that prints "Hello world".  But when  
> I try to apply it to an m3makefile that imports "ui" and compiles a  
> program that Trestle.Installs a TextVBT that displays the text  
> "Hello Trestle", I get an error message that I interpret to mean "ui  
> package not found". And I am concerned that I cannot find any  
> evidence of the ui package or of the Juno-2 packages that are my  
> goal.  (I hope to use Juno-2 to produce an educational video.)
>
> Is there still hope? Would you like to suggest a next step for me?
>
>
> Greg Nelson
> greg at perlnelson.org
> 839 Richardson Ct Palo Alto, CA USA 94303
> (650) 856 8103 (home) (650) 856 8103 (office) (650) 954 5338 (mobile)

Antony Hosking | Associate Professor | Computer Science | Purdue  
University
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On 15 Mar 2009, at 05:52, Martin Bishop wrote:

> Well, I looked around, but it's surprisingly hard to find Greg  
> Nelson...
> I believe his full name is actually Charles Greg Nelson, but it's  
> still
> difficult...I think he was last at HP in 2007? No idea where he works
> now, nor where he could be contacted.
>
> hendrik at topoi.pooq.com wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 12:55:42PM -0500, Martin Bishop wrote:
>>> Is there any chance that "classic" books on Modula-3 like  
>>> "Modula-3" by
>>> Harbison (I own a copy, it's a great book) or "Systems Programming  
>>> With
>>> Modula-3" by Nelson might one day be released online?
>>>
>>> They aren't in print anymore, and I can't imagine there is much  
>>> demand
>>> for them...I found "Modula-3" used for $1 on Amazon, but "Systems
>>> Programming With Modula-3" is $40 at it's cheapest, used :(
>>
>> Is there any chance of contacting the author(s)?
>>
>> -- hendrik
>>
>>

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