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From: Pete Fenelon <pete@fenelon.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Teaching new tricks to an old dog (C++ -->Ada)
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In comp.realtime xpyttl <xpyttl_NOSPAM@earthling.net> wrote:
> 1979, and talks about safety-critical systems.  (I get the impression there
> never was a just plain Modula).

There was, we used an elderly Modula compiler for real-time courses in 
the late 80s. It was essentially Pascal with separate compilation, a
process abstraction (though I can't remember whether this was in the
language or achieved entirely through libraries), and proper abstract
data types. Modula-2 moved somewhat further from the Pascal roots (I
think mainly to make it a systems-programming language for the Lilith
workstation) then the paths forked. Modula-3 became a much bigger language;
Wirth got small with Oberon, which was a very compelling language (and
environment) that never really achieved critical mass.

pete
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