Stony Brook Software
Stony Brook has a development package for you that combines a powerful, project
based, integrated development system with a professional optimizing compiler.
Supported Target operating systems
- 32-bit Windows
- 32-bit Linux on IA-32 processors.
- 32-bit Solaris/SunOS on SPARC processors.
- 32-bit DOS extended, Royalty free, with virtual memory support.
- 16-bit Windows
- 16-bit DOS
Development System Tools
- Development Environment
- Compiler
- Debugger
- Linker
- Object Librarian (Archive in Unix terminology)
- Execution Profiler (Win32 only)
- Resource Editor (Win32 and Win16 only)
- IDL Compiler for COM/DCOM development. Generates Modula-2 source from IDL object
description.
- 32-bit DOS Extender
- Full run time library (RTL) sources
- Online documentation. On Windows, help files are used.All other systems use
HTML files.
- Context sensitive help in the environment and debugger user interfaces.
Development Environment
The Stony Brook Integrated Development Environment is the ideal way to manage
the development of your applications.
- The environment is project based.You can instantly see all of the files in
your project and know their current state of compilation.You can quickly navigate
to a file for editing.In short, the environment is not just an editor that allows
you to compile, but a true development management system.
- Opening and editing a source file is as simple as typing the name of the module
and pressing enter. The environment matches and selects a module as you type
so you only need type a minimum of character to match your desired module.
- Compiling, linking, running and debugging your programs are as easy as a single
keystroke. The make is completely automatic and transparent.
- The environment supports multi-processor machines (SMP) and can compile more
than one file simultaneously.
- Projects are not just for programs.A project can be a collection of code to
be used by several of your applications.Just build the appropriate files in one
project and let your other projects use it. If you need access to the common
code, it is just a double click away.
- The environment is extremely flexible.Not only can the environment use the
editor, debugger, linker, librarian and resource editor provided by Stony Brook,
but the environment also allows you to use your own favorite tools.
- Editing of multiple files and viewing your project is a snap with its multiple
document interface.
- Over 50 compiler options that can be set either on a global or per source file
basis.The environment saves options both globally and on a per module basis so
that modules that need special settings do not make building your application
difficult.The environment is also smart enough to remember the options that the
module was last compiled with so that only those modules that are affected by
an option change are recompiled.
- The environment allows you to specify where object files are placed so that
multiple projects can refer to the same sources and be built with different options,
even for different platforms.
- The environment's user interface allows users to work in a familiar graphical
environment.
- Context sensitive popup menus allow quick access to common actions.
- The scripting language allows you to write automated scripts to do common tasks
such as setting options or complete complex builds in a familiar language that
reads like Modula-2. The environment can even automatically generate a build
script for you once you have all of your options set.
- Syntax errors?Not a problem.Stony Brook's environment knows when errors occur
and automatically opens the source file at the line and column where the first
error occurred to let you fix them fast. You can easily walk through multiple
compilation errors in the editor.
- Visual cues let you know instantly which modules need compilation and which
have special options set.
- User assignable hot keys to quickly open and edit specific source modules.
- Module and project dependency reports.
- A source file archive history tracking tool. With this you can see the specific
changes made to source files over time and even undo those changes.
- Multiple file search and replace capability.
- Can show you a list of modules altered after a given date and time.
- Can show a list of all modules that import a given module.
- Binary (Hex) file editor.
Source Code Editor
- Multiple level undo allows you to quickly get rid of all those typos quickly
and easily.
- Syntax highlighting of source code. Colors and font attributes are user adjustable.
- Autosave keeps your valuable work from being lost.
- Position markers help you quickly navigate through your files.
- Character matching helps you quickly find your way around in complex expression
or just quickly find out where a comment begins or ends.
- Language structure matching helps you navigate around large IF, CASE, FOR,
WHILE and REPEAT statements.
- Our procedure view mode helps you quickly browse the procedures in a module.
Once you've found what you're looking for, the stroke of a key edits the procedure's
code.
- Indenting a single line or a block of lines is a piece of cake with the editor's
indentation commands.
- Auto correct allows you to specify a dictionary of frequently misspelled words
and their correct spellings so the editor can fix your misspellings as you type.
This feature can also be used to give brief names, which the editor will expand
to up to the text that you specify. A default expansion dictionary is supplied.
For example: c?;expands to CARDINAL;
- Linking editor windows together provides an easy way to compare source files.
Scrolling through one file automatically scrolls the linked window.
- Easy single keystroke navigation and viewing of compilation errors.
Debugger
- The Stony Brook Debugger gives you the power you need to hunt down those nasty
bugs. Debuggers are provided for all supported platforms. The debugger is a powerful
and easy to use tool that provides the following features.
- Unlimited breakpoints. Breakpoints can be disabled and enabled.
- Breakpoints that stop after a number of passes for quickly finding a bug when
you know the iteration where the bug occurs.
- Breakpoints that stop only when a logical expression is satisfied so you don't
have to decide if this is the situation that you want to debug on every execution
of a line of code.
- Memory written breakpoints to uncover where that crucial alteration (clobber)
of a variable is happening somewhere in the application.
- Execute to a specific location.
- Point and click data viewing makes inspecting and modifying the value of an
expression simple.
- Context sensitive popup menus to perform common tasks like setting breakpoints
and viewing data.
- A watch window to track specific data as you debug your code.
- A data window showing all variables local to the currently executing procedure.
- A procedure call trace window showing you the call history. From this list,
you can view the variables of any procedure in the call trace.
- The various data display windows have the ability to walk lists and expand/contract
structures types (record and arrays).
- A processor registers window, which shows the previous and current values of
the registers and highlights the values that have changed.
- Supports automatic attachment to a Win32 program when a system exception occurs.
- The debugger saves your breakpoints and data window configurations so that
they can be used in your next debug session of the same program.
*Due to operating system limitations 16-bit Windows programs cannot be debugged
under Windows 9x. 16-bit Windows programs can be debugged under Windows NT/2000/XP
since it does not contain these limitations.
*The DOS debuggers do not support all of the above listed features.
Compiler
- Highly flexible calling conventions that allow you to call, or be called by,
just about any compiler/interface in existence.
- Generate a library from a single source file, which allows smart linking of
unused code with any linker.
- We generate our object code to industry standard object formats making linking
with other languages simple.
- Powerful optimizations shrink your executables while allowing them to run faster.
- Unlike many other compilers, we generate multiple error messages when you have
multiple errors and we provide you with the column as well as the line of the
error.
- Our compilers run at speeds of approximately 10,000 lines per second, typical
implementation source file, with full optimization, on a 600Mhz Pentium III machine.
Code Generation Optimization
- Loop top testing makes loops faster by eliminating jumps.
- Common sub-expression elimination removes duplicate evaluation of equivalent
expressions.
- Loop invariant motion moves the evaluation of expressions that don't change
during loop execution outside of the loop.
- The optimizer will rewrite your loops to use a different index
making your loop smaller and faster.
- Our constant/copy propagation tracks variable and constant equivalencies so
that unnecessary assignments can be eliminated.
- Unreachable code is eliminated from your program.
- Stores to a variable, which is no longer used, are thrown away.
- Jump chaining retargets a jump to a jump to the final destination.
- Live variable analysis determines where a variables value is valid to allow
efficient use of registers.
- Our powerful peephole (assembly) optimizer replaces instruction sequences with
faster, smaller sequences of code.It also helps by replacing memory references
with register equivalents when possible. Unlike most peephole optimizers, ours
performs data flow analysis to optimize code across instruction flow and it can
reallocate registers.
- The compiler contains optimizations to merge identical instruction streams
at the beginning and end of parallel branches.
- Data flow analysis allows register information to be preserved through program
flows making other optimizations more effective.
- Register and local variable lifetimes provide allow the peephole optimizer
to reuse registers.
- Induction variable analysis looks for variables that increase or decrease linearly
during a loop execution.Multiplication of an induction variable by an expression
that is invariant over the loop's execution is replaced by the much faster addition
or subtraction instruction.
- The compiler will use arithmetic identities to simplify expressions.
- Our flexible scheme for passing parameters in registers on IA-32 processors
when possible helps avoid unnecessary memory references.This option can even
be enabled to work across modules.
- The compiler can track procedure register usage across compilation unit boundaries.
- The compiler allows you to specify whether code size or execution speed is
more important to you.The compiler will then use an appropriate strategy to make
decisions regarding the benefits of performing a particular optimization.
- The compiler will evaluate constant expressions, IF and CASE statements, at
compile time.
Linker
- The linker is fast and versatile.
- Links Win32, Linux, Solaris, Win16, 32-bit DOS extended and DOS applications.
Supports all of the accepted industry standards, such as, Microsoft COFF, ELF,
OMF, DWARF and Microsoft CodeView debug information.
- Capable of linking multiple resource files for Win32 and Win16 programs.
Resource Editor
The Stony Brook Resource Editor provides you with a graphical way to create and
modify your Win32 and Win16 resources.
- Edits accelerators, bitmaps, cursors, dialogs (including extended), icons,
menus (including extended), string tables and version resources graphically.
- Allows the use of symbolic names in for resource identifiers in Modula-2, Pascal,
Ada95 and C.
- Supports the new Windows 9x/NT/2000 Common Controls.
- Reads and writes RES files directly so that there is no need for a resource
compiler.
- Allows you to convert Win32 resources to Win16 resources, and back.
- Allows you to generate reports on your resources in HTML format for documentation
purposes.
Modula-2 Language
Stony Brook Modula-2 follows the ISO standard specification for the language.
Look at some of the interesting features the ISO standard introduced.
- An exception handling system is now part of the language with all the safety
that it brings to your code.
- Support for the complex number type.
- Constants composed of record and array types.
- Multidimensional open array parameters are now allowed.
- For loop index variables have become read only to prevent difficult to find
bugs.
- Do you find module initialization code useful?Modula-2 now supports module
termination code as well.
- Object oriented programming with the new CLASS type.
- Generic modules with type parameters.
Check out some of our extensions to the language
Runtime Library Overview
The library of modules provided with Stony Brook Modula-2 is extensive. The library
includes ISO Standard modules, modules unique to Stony Brook Modula-2, and modules
that are used internally by the compiler runtime system. Many of the ISO modules
are implemented with calls to the Stony Brook specific modules. Full source code
for all modules is provided, including low-level compiler internal support procedures.
The focus of the library are modules that are portable in nature from one operating
system to another, and modules that are generally useful to all applications. Some
modules are not available for all supported platforms. Unless otherwise specified
all modules are available for all supported platforms.
All modules are documented via their DEFINITION MODULE source files included with
Stony Brook Modula-2.
SYSTEM modules
SYSTEM
EXCEPTIONS
M2EXCEPTION
M2OOEXCEPTION
TERMINATION
COROUTINES
GARBAGECOLLECTION
The following modules will exist in all ISO Modula-2 implementations.
Storage
This module provides procedures for dynamic memory allocation and deallocation
by calling the procedures directly or indirectly with the NEW and DISPOSE standard
procedures. The ExStorage module is a more capable module.
CharClass
This module provides procedures to classify the value of a character type to a
functional group. For example, to determine if a character is a numeric character.
LowReal
This module provides a very low-level interface to the exact implementation details
of the REAL type.
LowLong
This module provides a very low-level interface to the exact implementation details
of the LONGREAL type.
The following modules are part of the ISO Standard library,
however an implementation does not have to provide these modules. If an implementation
does have a module with the same name as one of the ISO Standard modules then that
module must conform to the ISO definition of that module with no extensions, alterations
or deletions. In general, all ISO Modula-2 implementations will provide these modules.
Strings
This module provides procedures to manipulate ARRAY OF CHAR types, which are normally,
called Strings.
RealMath
This module provides various mathematical functions for type REAL.
LongMath
This module provides various mathematical functions for type LONGREAL.
ComplexMath
This module provides various mathematical functions for type COMPLEX.
LongComplexMath
This module provides various mathematical functions for type LONGCOMPLEX.
SysClock
This module provides procedure to access the system real time clock.
ConvTypes
This module defines types used by the ISO string conversion modules.
WholeStr
Procedures to convert INTEGER and CARDINAL types to strings and visa versa.
RealStr
Procedures to convert the REAL type to strings and visa versa.
LongStr
Procedures to convert the LONGREAL type to strings and visa versa.
WholeConv
Low level conversion procedures for INTEGER and CARDINAL.
RealConv
Low level conversion procedures for REAL.
LongConv
Low level conversion procedures for LONGREAL.
The ISO Modula-2 I/O library modules
IOResult, TextIO, WholeIO, RealIO, LongIO, RawIO
IOChan, IOConsts, StdChans
StreamFile, SeqFile, RndFile, TermFile, ProgramArgs
IOLink, ChanConsts
STextIO, SWholeIO, SRealIO, SLongIO, SRawIO, SIOResult
All of the following modules are specific to Stony Brook Modula-2.
Note:
Full source code is supplied for all runtime library modules. Therefore, portability
should not be an issue.
ASCII
This module provides mnemonics for ASCII control codes.
Environment
This module provides procedures to access environment strings and the command
line string.
RunProg
This module provides procedures to execute programs and command interpreter commands.
Conversions
This module provides numeric conversions for INTEGER, CARDINAL, LONGINT and LONGCARD
types.
RConversions
This module provides numeric conversions for the REAL and LONGREAL types.
ElapsedTime
This module provides procedures for calculating an elapsed time between two procedure
calls and executing timed delays.
RandomNumbers
This module provides procedures for generating fast pseudo random number sequences
of type CARDINAL.
RealRandomNumbers
This module provides procedures for generating fast pseudo random number sequences
to type REAL.
Terminal
This module provides procedures for reading and writing to a simple terminal device.
On graphical operating systems, a text mode window is used to simulate a text mode
terminal.
FileFunc
This module provides extensive flexibility and capability for dealing with disk
storage devices and pipes.
TextFileFunc
The module provides procedures for reading and writing human readable formatted
text files.
LWholeIO, SLWholeIO, LWholeStr
Similar to the functions found in WholeIO, SWholeIO, WholeStr except these modules
apply to type LONGINT and LONGCARD.
ComplexIO, LongComplexIO, SComplexIO, SLongComplexIO
These modules provide text input and output of COMPLEX and LONGCOMPLEX types.
The modules follow, and integrate with, the format of the ISO standard I/O library.
FormatString
This module provides a procedure that will generate a formatted string from a
format template string and a variable number of format item parameters such as CARDINAL
and ARRAY OF CHAR.
MemUtils
This module provides procedures for filling, scanning and moving memory regions.
ExStorage
This is a 100% compatible superset of the ISO Standard Storage module. The ISO
Storage module is implemented with calls to this module. This module provides extensive
flexibility and capability in dealing with dynamic memory allocation.
ExStrings
This module provides case insensitive versions of the ISO Standard Strings module
procedures, plus some other useful procedures.
TimeFunc
This module extends the ISO Standard SysClock module by providing functions for
comparing DateTime values, and conversions to/from DateTime and the DOS file date
time format, and to/from DateTime and the C/Unix runtime library date time format.
GenCRC
This module provides functions for generating a CCITT 32-bit CRC.
SortLib
This module provides functions for sorting data.
BitVectors
This module provides functions for manipulating bit vectors. Bit vectors are very
similar to SET types, however these can be of an arbitrary size allocated at runtime.
SetExStorageDebugMode
This module provides a simple method of setting the default heap in ExStorage
to debug mode. This module is useful when you have module initialization code that
allocates memory. To use this module you simply import it as the first module imported
in your main program.
ExtUtils
This module is only available for 32-bit DOS extended applications. It provides
procedures for accessing real mode memory addresses from 32-bit protected mode. It
isolates a program from differences between the FlashTek and PharLap DOS extenders
should you want to run under both. The FlashTek extender is the one included Stony
Brook Modula-2.
MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, AreSee4, DES, AES, Blowfish, RSA
These are used in cryptography and the names of the modules should tell you what
they do.
CryptEncode
Implements various block encoding algorithms used with encryption.
CryptKey
Implements various key generation functions used with password based encrpytion.
VLI
This module implements an integer type with an unlimited numeric range.
VLI = Very large integer.
Money
This module implements an integer fixed point type suitable for monetary computations.
The following modules are available on 32-bit Windows and Unix target systems.
Threads
This module provides procedures that support creating and controlling threads,
inter-thread and inter-process synchronization objects.
PipedExec
This module provides procedures to allow you to execute a program asynchronous
with your process, and to redirect its standard input and output to a FileFunc File.
This can then be used with the FileFunc read/write procedures to read/write the process
output/input.
MemShare
This module provides procedures to allocate inter-process shared memory.
FileMap
This module provides procedures to manipulate memory-mapped files.
Pipes
This module provides procedures for controlling pipes used for inter-thread communication.
Byte and message pipes are supported.
ConfigSettings
This module provides procedures to read and write configuration information in
a portable manner. Both per machine (global) and per user (local) settings are supported.
Socket
This module provides a portable interface to the "sockets" API.
SMTP
This module provides an interface to the SMTP email protocol.
Timers
This module provides an encapsulation for creating timers not associated with
a GUI window.
GUI user interface modules.
We use these modules for developing the environment and debugger user interfaces.
They are currently implemented for Win32 and GTK+ (Unix) environments
- WinShell - this is the base Windowing API encapsulation.
- DlgShell - this module provides an interface for dialog boxes. It has capabilities
for modal, modeless and tabbed dialogs.
- BasicDialogs - common dialogs, ready to go.
- TextWindows - this module is built on top of WinShell and provides a very high
level interface for windows that will display simple text.
The following modules are only available on 32-bit Windows target systems.
Win32 API interface
WIN32, WINUSER, WINGDI, COMMCTRL, COMMDLG, RichEdit, HTMLHELP, WINSOCK2, SQL,
Ole2, OleDlg, WINCON, WINERROR, WINNETWK, WINNLS, WINPERF, WINREG, WINSPOOL, WINSVC,
WINVER, WINX, MMSYSTEM, MMREG, MSACM, LZEXPAND, MCIAVI, RPC, TOOLHELP32, SHELLAPI,
SHLOBJ, Gdiplus, GdiplusFlat
OpenGL
OpenGL, GLAUX, GLU
SplitterControl
This module provides a control to split a window into to separate panes which can
contain independent child windows. The proportion of the split can be controlled by the
user by dragging the splitter bar.
Registry
This module provides procedures to greatly simplify using the Win32 registry.
StringCache
This module provides a procedure to read and cache in memory strings that are
obtained from a string table resource.
NamedPipes
This module provides procedures for controlling pipes for inter-process and inter-computer
(LAN) communication. Byte and message pipes are supported.
The following modules are only available on Unix target systems.
UNIX
Portable core Unix APIs
PTHREADS
POSIX threads interface, and additional threading related APIs.
UnixSock
An interface to the various Unix sockets APIs
POSIX_REALTIME
POSIX realtime APIs.
DLFCN
Dynamic shared object loading and unloading API.
GTK+ 1.2.x Interface GUI toolkit APIs
GTK, GDK, GDK_TYPES, GDK_RGB, GDK_PIXBUF
GLADE
This module provides an interface to the libGlade library. It reads the Glade
GUI builder generated files and creates individual GUI elements at runtime. Glade
uses the GTK toolkit.
Pricing
Win32 native system supporting development for 32-bit Windows, 32-bit DOS extended,
16-bit Windows, 16-bit DOS code generation. Pricing is $495.00 USD.
Linux native supporting development for 32-bit Linux on IA-32 processors. Pricing
is $495.00 USD. Cross development for Linux, from Windows, can be done if you also
own a license for the Win32 native system.
Solaris/SunOS native (Solaris 8 on SPARC) supporting development for 32-bit Solaris/SunOS
on SPARC processors. For pricing information, contact us via email. Cross development
for Solaris, from Windows, can be done if you also own a license for the Win32 native
system.
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