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On 28 Mar 96  7:23 pm, rudi.lemmens@groept.be (Rudi Lemmens) writes:
> 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,
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- what is the language used for, worldwide ?


Mostly embedded systems programming. We use it here for doing data 
aquisition on PeeCees as well, but M2 finds itself being used by smart 
developers who need fast, small code that's faster to develop than 
assembler and less prone to programmer error than either C or assembler.

On a personal note, I write most of my utilities in Modula-2. For some 
people, like myself, M2 agrees with the way you think and the way you 
set up your solutions. For others, C agrees more with you. What makes 
you a good programmer is that you know what tool to use for what 
purpose. 

  > 
- is it used a lot ?

That's debatable. It finds itself in highly specialised environments, 
and those are not common. OTOH, C it very general purpose, and is used 
more (at least in North America). 
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- is there still life in the lang ?

Yes, but I would have to comment that more people are moving on to 
Modula-3 or C++ for applications programming. 
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- in which country ... ?

Hm - We're Canada based, and I know Boeing in Washington uses it to do 
some avionics stuff. It's also used by McDonald Dettwiler for things 
like that. 

So you can say Canada, USA, and it's probably very popular in Europe, 
since that's where most of the compilers come from. 

As a side note, my company refuses to hire programmers that do not have 
experience with a language other than C/C++. 


Cheers,

Jan Walter

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