Here follows the objectives of GNU Modula-2 note that some of these have already been achieved and they are listed in no particular order.

• The intention of GNU Modula-2 is to provide a production modula-2 front end to GCC. Initially GNU Modula-2 will comply with the PIM-[234] dialect of M2, eventually it will fully compliant with ISO Modula-2.
• It is an aim to provide PIM library compatibility.
• ISO Modula-2 library support is likely to occur before the compiler is fully ISO compliant.
• Compatibility libraries. Topspeed, Logitech, Ulm are also required.
• There should be an easy interface to C.
• To fold the gm2 source code into the gcc tree at a convenient time in the future.
• Exploit the features of GCC.
• Listen to the requests of the users.