Path: csiph.com!optima2.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!peer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED!nerds-end From: Louis Krupp Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: old BEG Backend Generator for modern Linux? Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2015 14:44:15 -0600 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 23 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <15-08-005@comp.compilers> References: <15-08-001@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: miucha.iecc.com 1438666557 98189 2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970 (4 Aug 2015 05:35:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 05:35:57 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: tools Posted-Date: 04 Aug 2015 01:35:57 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com X-Received-Bytes: 1940 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2239069234 Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:1581 On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 21:20:41 -0700 (PDT), maximilian.spring@gmail.com wrote: >I had used the backend generator BEG v1.75 by Helmut Emmelmann [1] for an Oberon-2 compiler as part of my computer science thesis in 1995. > >Trying to resurrect this old code base [2], I run into the problem that the original BEG binary which I still have is in an old a.out format, and I have been unsuccessful so far to get it to run on a modern Linux. > >I reached out to Helmut Emmelmann via the contact info from his web site [3], but haven't received any response. > >What other options should I look into? 1. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/str/Helmut%2BEmmelmann/keywords_top It's the only way to reach some people and organizations. 2. Snail mail. You have to write a letter, and you have to address an envelope and buy a stamp, but once it's in the mail, you can forget about it. Louis