Modula2 is the best 1985 had to offer
From
Rob@21:1/5 to
All on Sat Oct 5 12:43:26 2024
I was a user of the stonybrook Modula2 system, which was excellent for
its time for Windows XP. That compiler was abandoned a long time ago.
It was revived by ADW, but even that stopped working for me on Win 10.
I was able to use it in a WinXP VM, but I realized I needed to move
on.
I briefly looked at a windows oberon compiler that was freeware, but I
didn't want to invest the time learning something supported by one
guy.
I looked at Ada, but wasn't drawn to it. I had some trouble getting
the same code to run on Windows and Linux.
Then someone from the Oberon newsgroup recommended I look at Go. Go
is an actively developed product w/ a corporate sponsor (Google),
invented by some of the best in CS who were quite frustrated w/ C++.
So I learned Go in 2016 and still use it for all my own code. I think
it's excellent. My code just runs on Windows and Linux (Ubuntu and
similar). I know that mac is supported, but I don't have any
experience with that.
I sympathize w/ those who remain interested in Modula2, but I think
that's gone. gm2 is also maintained by one guy, which is it's major
weakness, along with it not supporting Windows.
The M2R10 project may have done better to write modern libraries for
the existing compilers, instead of rewriting a compiler to a tweaked
old language.
Go it goes.
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