Re: Alternatives to C: ObjectPascal, Eiffel, Ada or Modula-3?

["Hibou57 (Yannick Duchêne)" <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr>]

On 21 juil, 16:12, Andrea Taverna <a.t...@hotmail.it> wrote:
> On 21 Lug, 14:25, Jon Harrop <j...@ffconsultancy.com> wrote:
>
> > I am very surprised at the list of languages you arrived at! FreePascal,
> > Eiffel and Modula-3 are all essentially dead.
>
> I don't think so. FP seems to have a pretty alive community, GOBO
> libraries seem to be actively updated. I can't confirm for M3, but its
> supporters seem to be "alive and kicking".
All of these three are still alive. I know for FreePascal (alias the
old FPK), althought it is a bit too much buggy in my opinion. I know
for Eiffel as a big part on Eiffel research is done in a town not very
far from where I leave (there is the Loria, at Nancy [france]), and
Modula-3 is still evolving, as it was first Modula, then Modula-2,
then Modula-3 and there was Oberon which came from Modula.

If sometimes peoples feel one of these is not alive anymore, this is I
think beceause each of its users are leaving on there own island and
most of time do not know about what is going on, on other islands.

All of these, with also by the way, Ada, Prolog and derivatives, Lisp
and derivatises, and two or three others (I forgot their names), are
stil living. Most of them beceause they rely on a good theory (except
FreePascal perhaps) and will continue to live for long.