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| From | Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.modula3 |
| Subject | Re: Status of Modula-3 |
| Date | Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:34:32 +0100 |
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bruce axtens <bugmagnet@outlook.com> writes: > I had a long and fruitful relationship with Modula-2. I haven't touched > it now for years. Modula-3 should be fairly easy to pick up, but is it > worth it? Is M3 "viable" in the sense that is there a living community of > users/developers? I was going to suggest that it's been pretty much dead for years, which would be a pity because Modula-3 is actually a rather nice language, practical and well-designed and not filled with gotchas: I just don't expect to be able to get a job these days using it, presently I am required to use Java instead. (I wonder if it didn't help its adoption to pick syntax that looks like Pascal instead of C++, not that I mind.) I am looking forward to being contradicted, though: I had thought that the books all fell out of print last century, but they've actually bothered re-printing "Programming in Modula-3" which makes me wonder who's buying it (anybody?) and why. -- Mark
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Status of Modula-3 bruce axtens <bugmagnet@outlook.com> - 2014-04-28 13:34 +0000
Re: Status of Modula-3 Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2014-04-28 16:34 +0100
Re: Status of Modula-3 bruce axtens <bugmagnet@outlook.com> - 2014-04-28 16:01 +0000
Re: Status of Modula-3 "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2014-04-29 00:16 +0200
Re: Status of Modula-3 Mark Carroll <mtbc@bcs.org> - 2014-11-09 10:21 +0000
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