[M3devel] Classic Modula-3 Books

[Martin Bishop]

I too am interested in the Sedgewick book, which seems very rare.  Let
me know if you ever find it somewhere for a good price.

Rodney M. Bates wrote:
> I have maybe 2 or 3 copies of SPwM3.  I have occasionally thought about
> trying to acquire the copyright from Prentice-Hall, but never got around
> to investigating.
> 
> There are others:
> 
> Harbison: "Modula-3", also Prentice-Hall
> Boszormenyi & Weich "Programming in Modula-3", Springer-Verlag
> Sedgewick: Algorithms in Modula-3", Addison-Wesley
> 
> I am especially interested in the last one.  The second and third
> are language tutorials.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea whether it is better to first contact the author
> or the publisher?  Presumably, the publisher owns all rights, but there
> is a royalty contract with the author.
> 
> Perhaps we could create a nonprofit foundation or something, to receive
> copyrights by whatever means and hold them to keep things like this
> available.
> 
> 
> 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 :(
> 
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