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- From: pk@rwthi3.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Peter Klein)
- Subject: Re: Modula-3
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.190940.27006@Urmel.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>
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- Organization: Lehrstuhl fuer Informatik III, RWTH Aachen, Germany
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- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 92 19:09:40 GMT
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- In article 2B0CFFB3@puddle.fidonet.org, Rt.Pollock@f414.n229.z1.fidonet.org (Rt Pollock) writes:
- >This enquiry is being made on behalf of a local friend who is
- >looking for information regarding MODULA-3; indeed, until he had
- >asked me about this, I wasn't even aware that Wirth had revamped the
- >language. Between the two of us, we're completely at a loss over 3.
- >
- Modula-3 is not by Wirth, it has been developed by DEC and Olivetti.
-
- >Are there any recommendations over 3's suppliers ?
- Right now, there is only one compiler (from DEC SRC). A second system is under
- development in a GNU project.
-
- Where ?
- At gatekeeper.dec.com in pub/DEC/Modula-3.
-
- How much ?
- Free.
-
- >What are the virtues of 3 over 2 ?
-
- Modula-3 has almost everything you always missed in Modula-2. It is generally a
- Modula-2 superset with the following major enhancements:
- - garbage collecion
- - exception handling
- - single inheritance
- - light weight processes
- - generics
- Some of the minor points are record and array constructors, named parameter
- passing, default values for record fields and formal parameters, and a
- built-in type for strings. And it buys you all this without making the
- language overly complicated.
-
- For more details, get the Modula-3 FAQ (at gatekeeper) and take a look at
- comp.lang.modula3.
-
- Peter
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