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Article #575Re: Is Modula-2 dead?
From: Matt Kennel
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:54
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:54
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andersen@reality (Robert Andersen) writes: : In article <BuL8Jw.s0@acsu.buffalo.edu> v064lnev@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Avatar) : writes: : > No, but it ought to be. : : Why don't you give us a reason instead of the non-intelligent response, it : ought to be. I'll reply for him but use my own opinions. Modula-2 is approximately isomorphic to C in conception. It's only real advantage is that it's better designed for human interaction. If people are going to spend some effort to "upgrade" their language, it's silly to stop halfway and use Modula-2. Modula-3, Oberon, Eiffel, Sather and others are clearly superior to Modula-2 and C, not to mention C++. For other purposes, Fortran 90 is the best. Oberon and Sather are significantly simpler than Modula-2 and C as well. As a result, I regard Modula-2 as something to upgrade from, rather than upgrade to, and hence it "ought to be dead". -- -Matt Kennel mbk@inls1.ucsd.edu -Institute for Nonlinear Science, University of California, San Diego -*** AD: Archive for nonlinear dynamics papers & programs: FTP to -*** lyapunov.ucsd.edu, username "anonymous".
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsm!cbnewsl!att-out!pacbell.com!network.ucsd.edu!lyapunov.ucsd.edu!mbk From: mbk@lyapunov.ucsd.edu (Matt Kennel) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: Re: Is Modula-2 dead? Date: 15 Sep 1992 19:54:04 GMT Organization: Institute For Nonlinear Science, UCSD Lines: 28 Message-ID: <195f0sINN20p@network.ucsd.edu> References: <1992Sep15.184054.14169@glv.uucp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lyapunov.ucsd.edu X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3