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In article <36848@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu>, bmr@retiree.cis.ufl.edu (Benedict Rafanello) writes:

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|> 
|> After talking to Stony Brook Software and Multiscope, I found out that the
|> Multiscope debuggers are written in Modula-2 (using a compiler written by
|> Stony Brook and now sold as Multiscope Modula-2 V4.0).  I also talked to 
|> JPI and was told that their entire product line, except for the C and C++
|> libraries, is written in Modula-2, including their Dos extender.  Also, in
|> BYTE there was an interview with the president of JPI who said that in
|> Europe Modula-2 outsells C by a margin of 2 to 1.  Several
|> of the national laboratories  and NASA use Modula-2 and their was even an
|> article about what they were doing with Modula-2 in Dr. Dobb's Journal.
|> 
|> Modula-2 isn't dead yet, and looks to be doing well in Europe.  Maybe this
|> country will wake up and the "C" craze the will pass. :)
|> 
|> Ben


Don't count on it, Ben.  For some reason, most Americans have a dislike for "good"
programming languages.  If only Wirth had been an American...

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