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Article #562RE: overview advice?
From: John Andrea
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 19:04
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 19:04
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overview of Modula-2 of the top of my head i would include -history Prof. N. Wirth AlgolW -> Pascal -> Modula -> Modula-2 -> Oberon -> Oberon-2 -language size number of reserved words, number of build in functions simplicity of language, but power of operators -modularity definition and implemention modules, and how they're used by teams to build large projects data abstraction, by using modules and hiding details -strong type checking (VS the C style) type checking across procedures (VS the fortran style) and type checking across modules and the ability to override type checking with ARRAY OF BYTE, etc. -current problems, is PIM good enough, standardization ?? (throw in some good quotes from Prof Wirth) john andrea andrea@essex.stfx.ca
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!ESSEX.STFX.CA!andrea From: andrea@ESSEX.STFX.CA (John Andrea) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: RE: overview advice? Message-ID: <009605E1.EE89FF00.30375@esseX.stfx.ca> Date: 9 Sep 92 19:04:03 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Modula2 List <INFO-M2%UCF1VM.BITNET@cmsa.Berkeley.EDU> Distribution: world Organization: The Internet Lines: 26