[M3devel] Fw: Modula-3 questions

[Daniel Alejandro Benavides D.]

Hi all:
The question it's nor complete because if there are a dozen of programmers doing something that quicks on dead languages we don't know (the larger the space the easier you can't expect an answer ), but the Universe of alive programmers in the language is easier to respond. My objective view of this is that, English speakers should like Modula-3 for processing language matters, because that's the point of a language speaker to understand and process linguistically any language written in it for post process and the only one I know that mathematically adheres to its constructs (and not even Scala nor Java are perfectly sound) is but with some sort of verification capabilities is Modula-3.  
I arrive at this point after hearing a comment that shows the difference technically of C++ and Modula-3 and said "Modula-3 is created for being able to prove its constructs, which C++ it by itself is not". This  technologies resort to very expressive systems, which is what Modula-3 is about 
You can look at SRI - PARC for Pegasys project under direction by Mark Moriconi.
Thanks in advance

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De: penn43 at gmx.com <penn43 at gmx.com>
Asunto: Re: [M3devel] Fw: Modula-3 questions
Para: m3devel at elegosoft.com
Fecha: viernes, 20 de abril, 2012 14:24

 
	Thank you all for your replies.
 
	
 
	>> I don't care what's popular as long as it still exists :-)
 
	
 
	> "As long as it still exists" is the critical connection to popularity here. It takes a certain
 
	> minimum of interested people to keep it in existence. Despite being dramatically simpler
 
	> than the alternatives, Modula-3 is still big enough that it needs several people to
 
	> support it. We are really a bit low on this front.
 
	
 
	BTW How many language users are there? This info can serve as a "reality check", to establish whether the language is dying or not.
 
	Also, are there newcomers to the language? Or the only programmers who use it are those who need to maintain legacy code? Most crucially, are any NEW programs written in the language?
 
	These are crucial questions to assess the situation in a more objective way. What are your views on these points?
 
	
 
	To start with, could you hint to what kind of projects (new/legacy code) you use Modula-3 for? Would you use Modula-3 if you had to start writing the same programs from scratch?
 
	
 
	Thanks
 
	
 
	
 
	Marresh
 
	
 
	
 
	  
 
	  

 
 
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