The XDS development system facilitate software development in the Modula-2 and Oberon-2 languages. The unique feature of XDS is seamless integration between the two, which enables you to mix Modula-2 and Oberon-2 modules in one project freely. It includes two toolchains: Native XDS-x86 and XDS-C.
Native XDS-x86 is an optimizing ISO Modula-2 and Oberon-2 compiler for 32-bit Intel x86 systems running Windows. It comes with additional suite of tools including debugger, linker, etc.
XDS-C is a Modula-2/Oberon-2 "via C" compiler: its output is ANSI C, K&R C, or C++ source code, which may then be compiled by a third-party C/C++ compiler for any target platform. This technique allows you to cross program in Modula-2 and/or Oberon-2 for virtually any target environment. XDS-C itself runs on Windows.
To build the XDS development system, you will need:
- Git
- Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2015 or higher
- NASM - the Netwide Assembler
- MinGW - Minimalist GNU for Windows
Download the sources:
git clone https://github.com/excelsior-oss/xds.git
Go to the 'bin' repository directory and unpack the binary version of the XDS system:
cd xds\bin
unzip xds-x86-2.51.win32.zip
Create your building environment:
- Go to the '.config' repository directory,
- Rename the '.config.env-COMPUTERNAME.bsc' according to the name of your workstation,
- Set path to external tools inside this file.
Go to the root of repository and build everything using 'xdswork.bat' script:
xdswork.bat
The XDS development system will be in the 'XDS' directory.
Released under the Apache 2.0 license, see LICENSE.
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