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From: robert_dewar@my-dejanews.com
Subject: Re: Dynamicly declaring arrays (was: Time to join the fold?)
Date: 1999/02/02
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In article <7973lb$mdl$1@remarQ.com>,
  "news.oxy.com" <Vladimir_Olensky@oxy.com> wrote:
> I could also mention that this was also used  in
> Modula-2 as well (inner modules). Modula-2 had many
> features that later was implemented in Ada.

I don't believe that Modula-2 had much influence
on the Ada design, but I may be wrong. Certainly
the design of the modules facility for Algol-68
(in which incidentally I participated, it was
basically a three person effort, me, Charles
Linsdsay, and Hendrick Boom) did have some
influence.

Is the time right for Modula-2 to have
influenced the design (the time period was
1975-1978). I thought M2 was later than this,
but I may well be mistaken.

Robert Dewar

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