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Article #4496

Re: Pascal dying out?

#4496
From: Matthew Eric Seitz
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 1988 04:07
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In article <102@m2cs.naggum.se> frode@m2cs.naggum.se (Frode Odegard) writes:
>
>The removal of local modules from Modula-2 would render millions
>of lines of Modula-2 code non-standard. One of the major goals of
>the ISO committee is to avoid disasters like that.
>
	Aren't Modula-3 and Oberon both Wirth-approved replacements for
Modula-2?  If so, what's the point in developing a standard for a language 
which its own author doesn't support?

					Matthew Seitz
					seitz@cory.berkeley.edu
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From: seitz@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Matthew Eric Seitz)
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Subject: Re: Pascal dying out?
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