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One of the few languages out there designed as a systems language from the outset. Originally developed by Acorn USA an operating system development tool and called Modula-2+, it added multitasking, threading and multi programming features to the [[Modula-2]] programming language, but M2 itself is a development of [[Pascal]] by its original author and adds separately compiled modules, stricter & clearer syntax and a host of system programming additions to Pascal in addition to a general clean up of the language features. Modula 3 is a development that adds memory management (garbage collection), type & generic safety features, generic programming, better exception handling and object-oriented extensions to Modula-2+. | One of the few languages out there designed as a systems language from the outset. Originally developed by [[Acorn]] USA an operating system development tool and then called Modula-2+, it added multitasking, threading and multi programming features to the [[Modula-2]] programming language, but M2 itself is a development of [[Pascal]] by its original author and adds separately compiled modules, stricter & clearer syntax and a host of system programming additions to Pascal in addition to a general clean up of the language features. Modula 3 is a development that adds memory management (garbage collection), type & generic safety features, generic programming, better exception handling and object-oriented extensions to Modula-2+. | ||
==A list of OS/2 implementations of Modula-3== | ==A list of OS/2 implementations of Modula-3== | ||
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* Modula 3 Reboot - Open source - Current? | * Modula 3 Reboot - Open source - Current? | ||
==== | ====OS/2 text editors with Modula 3 support==== | ||
* | * [[jEdit]] - Java based editor - Modula 3 syntax highlighting built in - Current. | ||
==A list of DOS implementations of Modula-3== | ==A list of DOS implementations of Modula-3== | ||
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==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
* | * Joseph Bergin: [http://csis.pace.edu/~bergin/M3text Object-Oriented Data Abstraction in Modula-3] - 1997 | ||
* Michel R. Dagenais: [http://www.professeurs.polymtl.ca/michel.dagenais/pkg/BDAM3alpha.ps Building Distributed OO Applications: Modula-3 Objects at Work - Draft Version] - 1997 | |||
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====Tutorials and other learning material==== | ====Tutorials and other learning material==== | ||
Revision as of 20:54, 17 February 2016
One of the few languages out there designed as a systems language from the outset. Originally developed by Acorn USA an operating system development tool and then called Modula-2+, it added multitasking, threading and multi programming features to the Modula-2 programming language, but M2 itself is a development of Pascal by its original author and adds separately compiled modules, stricter & clearer syntax and a host of system programming additions to Pascal in addition to a general clean up of the language features. Modula 3 is a development that adds memory management (garbage collection), type & generic safety features, generic programming, better exception handling and object-oriented extensions to Modula-2+.
A list of OS/2 implementations of Modula-3
- SRC Modula 3 - Open source - Discontinued
- Modula 3 Reboot - Open source - Current?
OS/2 text editors with Modula 3 support
- jEdit - Java based editor - Modula 3 syntax highlighting built in - Current.
A list of DOS implementations of Modula-3
- SRC Modula 3 - Open source - Discontinued
- M3PC-Klagenfurt - Open source - Discontinued
Publications
- Joseph Bergin: Object-Oriented Data Abstraction in Modula-3 - 1997
- Michel R. Dagenais: Building Distributed OO Applications: Modula-3 Objects at Work - Draft Version - 1997
Tutorials and other learning material
Links
- Modula-3 Org - Info and links on the Modula 3 language.
USENET
- comp.lang.modula3 - Very low volume - Go to the Google groups version if you or your ISP are newsgroup challenged in some way.
Standards
- The revised version of the original Modula-3 report and the associated paper below
- Some useful Modula-3 interfaces.