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Re: OO-Extension Modula-2

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From: Jan Walter
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 00:04
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In <48f01o$lfa@utrhcs.cs.utwente.nl>, vdberg@cs.utwente.nl (Klaas van den Berg) writes:
>RE: OO-extension Modula-2
>
>There are several extensions of Pascals (OO Pascal, Delphi) with 
>object-oriented concepts such as: 
>	classes, objects, methods, abstract classes, abstract methods
>	information hiding
>	multiple and single inheritance, 
>	dynamic dispatch and overriding of methods, 
>	type parameterisation and genericity, etc. 
>
>I would like to know the following: 
>
>Is there any reliable OO-extension of Modula-2 supporting 
>these OO-concepts in a clean way?
>
>Are there in such a system any class libraries available?
>
>Is there a kind of 'Visual' Modula-2 programming environment?
>
>
>Any information about such a sytem or experience with it 
>are highly appreciated.
>
>
>Klaas van den Berg
>Dept of Computer Science
>University of Twente
>Enschede
>the Netherlands
>email  vdberg@cs.utwente.nl
>

Rather than messing about with an 'extended' language, you might be better off going to
Modula-3. It has a defined OO spec, and is quite similar to Modula-2. And since it's a
standard, ti should be more portable and documentation for it should be easier to find.

Cheers,

Jan Walter

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