Modula-2+
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Modula-2+ is a programming language descended from the Modula-2 language. It was developed at DEC Systems Research Center (SRC) and Acorn Computers Ltd Research Centre in Palo Alto, California. Modula-2+ is Modula-2 with exceptions and threads. The group which developed the language was led by P. Rovner in 1984.[1]
Quick Facts Paradigms, Family ...
Paradigms | imperative, structured, modular, data and procedure hiding, concurrent |
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Family | Wirth Modula |
Designed by | Paul Rovner, Roy Levin, John Wick |
Developer | DEC Systems Research Center (SRC) Acorn Research Center |
First appeared | 1984; 40 years ago (1984) |
Typing discipline | Static, strong, safe |
Scope | Lexical |
OS | Cross-platform |
License | Proprietary |
Major implementations | |
DEC SRC Modula-2+, CAMEL (C and Modula Exexcution Library) | |
Dialects | |
DEC SRC | |
Influenced by | |
Pascal, ALGOL, Modula-2 | |
Influenced | |
Modula-3 |
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Main differences with Modula-2:
- Concurrency;[2] different than the concept of coroutine, which was already part of Modula-2
- Exception handling
- Garbage collection[2]