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==Tutorials and other learning material== | ==Tutorials and other learning material== | ||
* Richard J. Sutcliffe: [http://www.arjay.bc.ca/Modula-2/Text/index.html Modula-2: Abstractions for Data and Programming Structures] Oriented towards institutional learning rather than self help and uses ISO M2, but fairly recent. | * Richard J. Sutcliffe: [http://www.arjay.bc.ca/Modula-2/Text/index.html Modula-2: Abstractions for Data and Programming Structures] Oriented towards institutional learning rather than self help and uses ISO M2, but fairly recent. | ||
* Dr. Mantis Cheng: [http://www.csc.uvic.ca/~mcheng/360/notes/LANG.html A Gentle Introduction to Modula-2] A basic introduction to M2 that assumes some prior programming knowledge. Made for [[TopSpeed Modula-2]] but uses fairly standard syntax. | |||
==Standards== | ==Standards== | ||
Revision as of 18:42, 12 November 2014
Structured procedural language introduced by Niklaus Wirth in 1979, based on his earlier Pascal language but adds modular and incremental compilation, and a number of "programming in the large" features.
Modula 2 was hugely influential in the field of informatics and at the least 50 other languages have been based on it in addition to having a direct or indirect influence on languages like Basic, Java, C# and Object Pascal, amongst the more notable languages that have been based on M2 are Modula 3, Parallaxis, Yafl, Oberon, Oberon-2, IEC61131, Umbriel, Component Pascal and Zonnon.
A list of OS/2 implementations of Modula 2
- Canterbury Modula 2 & Oberon-2 - Discontinued
- Gardens Point Modula 2 Was available in both Commercial and Open Source variants - Discontinued.
- Pecan UCSD Pascal - Add on package for the Pascal system, 16 bit OS/2 only - Discontinued.
- Stony Brook Professional Modula-2 - 16 bit only - Discontinued
- TopSpeed Modula-2 - 16 bit only - Discontinued
- XDS-x86 Modula 2 - Discontinued
A list of DOS implementations of Modula 2
- FTL Modula 2 - Discontinued
- FST Modula 2 - Discontinued - Freeware
- Gardens Point Modula 2 Was available in both Commercial and Open Source variants - Discontinued.
- Logitech Modula-2 - Discontinued
- Pecan UCSD Pascal - Add on package for the DOS hosted UCSD Pascal system - Discontinued.
- TopSpeed Modula-2 - Discontinued
- Stony Brook Professional Modula-2 - Discontinued
- XDS-x86 Modula 2 - Discontinued
A list of Modula 2 implementations that run under Win-OS/2
- Stony Brook Professional Modula-2 - Discontinued
A list of Modula 2 implementations that run under Java
- MHC Modula 2 For Java - Discontinued
- modula2jcc - Current - Open source.
Publications
- A list of Modula 2 Books by Peter Moylan Outdated but fairly comprehensive up until the latter half of the 90's
Articles
Tutorials and other learning material
- Richard J. Sutcliffe: Modula-2: Abstractions for Data and Programming Structures Oriented towards institutional learning rather than self help and uses ISO M2, but fairly recent.
- Dr. Mantis Cheng: A Gentle Introduction to Modula-2 A basic introduction to M2 that assumes some prior programming knowledge. Made for TopSpeed Modula-2 but uses fairly standard syntax.
Standards
- ISO10514-2 Adds an OOP layer
- ISO10514-3 Adds generics