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Okay, here is my $.02 worth about the pain of IMPORTing all those names
explicitely, though I thought that by now everyone would have syntax-directed
editors....

Do it this way:
	IMPLEMENTATION MODULE Whatchamacallit ;
	IMPORT InOut QUALIFIED ; (* employ a new concept, "qualified import" *)
        ...(*rest of module*)
	END Whatchamacallit .

Why muck up the language by requiring the parser to recognize a new word
ALL?  (Excuse me while I put on my flame-retardant suit...)

Those who don't like the keywork QUALIFIED used this way can pick another of
the 110 of the "reserved" words.  May I suggest the following syntax for
importing in new MODULA-like languages:

	LANGUAGENAME programname ;
	IMPORT
	  FROM InOut WITH WriteString, WriteLn, WriteCard ;
	  FROM SYSTEM WITH WORD, BYTE, ADDRESS ;
	  FROM CommonInputOutputProcedures QUALIFIED ;
	  FROM TerminalIO ;
	EXPORT QUALIFIED OpenWindow, CloseWindow, WriteWindow ;

	  LANGUAGENAME submodulename ;
	  ...(*rest of module*)
	  END submodulename ;

	END programname .


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