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From: Andrea Taverna <a.tavs@hotmail.it>
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Subject: Re: Alternatives to C: ObjectPascal, Eiffel, Ada or Modula-3?
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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".
Anyway, you're hitting me where it hurts.
Perhaps I'm just clueless, or childish, but I just can't stand this
situation. The more I learn, the more I feel that something went wrong
in the "language war" in the '80, and this leaves a bad tastes in my
mouth. It may be ridiculous since I was a child when that "war" took
place.
Nevertheless, I  can't do anything but note that the languages above
got something right that modern mainstream languages haven't yet.

> I would also strongly recommend avoiding conservative garbage collectors
> because they leak uncontrollably:

Thanks for the tip.