Re: Report on defect in M2 vs C (Was Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++)

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From: Scott Schwartz
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 17:58

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Viet-Trung Luu <vluu@lagrange.uwaterloo.ca> writes:
| But what about its syntax? (How C-like is it?

It's very C like.  But unlike C++ keywords have more rational
names. (e.g. static isn't overloaded to mean twenty different things.)

| In what ways does it differ from C? 

It's too different to describe briefly.  You're best off reading the
language reference manual for yourself.

| What about object-orientation?

The manual says "Alef support object oriented programming through
static inheritance and information hiding."

| ) And, more importantly, is it safer than C?

No.

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Subject: Re: Report on defect in M2 vs C (Was Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++)
Date: 01 Oct 1995 17:58:02 GMT
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