Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
From: A.Kruse@nikhef.nl (Andres Kruse (NIKHEF),1c/137,2909)
Subject: Re: Revision of occam 2 Reference Manual...
Organization: NIKHEF - Amsterdam
Date: 5 Aug 1994 19:00:11 GMT
Message-ID: <31u27r$5sl@dscomsa.desy.de>

In article hak@lion.inmos.co.uk, peter@bustard.inmos.co.uk (Peter Hassall) writes:
> INMOS is considering a revision of the occam 2 Reference Manual in the
> near future and would appreciate any comments on the current edition.
> General comments on the book, as well as specific feedback on structure,
> content, or particular topics of interest are all welcomed.
> 
> Please email your thoughts by the end of August 1994 to:
> 
>    peter@inmos.co.uk
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Peter Hassall, INMOS Ltd.                                Phone: +44 454 616616
> 1000 Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol, UK.               FAX  : +44 454 617910
> email: peter@inmos.co.uk


What about a questionaire to OCCAM2 users about what they would like
to have implemented in new OCCAM versions ? I guess many people will agree
that:

- structures are a MUST !
- pointers should be there as well. 
- 'PAR FROM something FOR something' where 'something' are variables
  which can change at run-time.
- RETURN from a PROC or FUNCTION... (dunno how to handle RETURNs in
  a PAR.. maybe the compiler could restrict the use of RETURNs to
  PROCs which don't have PARs..)

Who would be the right person to ask about something like that ?

-- Andres (A.Kruse@nikhef.nl)


