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> Hi, the first time in my life I got into contact with the lang Modula2
> was when we got it as a 'first-time-into-contact-with-programming' in
> my school.  Since I have never heard of the lang before, I wonder,
> - what is the language used for, worldwide ?  
> - is it used a lot ?  
> - is there still life in the lang ?  
> - in which country ... ? 
> 
> Since this is a forum specially about it, I am very anciously awaiting
> responses.
> 
> Thanks for your attention
> 

Modula-2 still appears to be highly regarded as a teaching language, and 
one only has to look around to see the extent to which other languages 
have adopted ideas which, whilst not necessarily first propounded in 
Modula-2, were certainly brought to peoples' attention by it.

There also appears to be a coterie of Modula-2 programmers in industry, 
in fact it may be fair to say that it's a "poor-man's Ada"- Ada could to 
a large extent be viewed as a parallel design effort (by committee) which 
addressed many of the same problems.

As for the area in which it is best known, I suppose that I have to say 
North-Eastern Europe. However, even there alternatives such as C++ (and, 
dare I say it, Visual Basic) are in the ascendant, together with 
languages derived from Modula-2 such as Oberon and Modula-3.

Mark Morgan Lloyd
mark_tbu@cix.compulink.co.uk

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