Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!zodiac!joyce!sri-unix!quintus!pds From: pds@quintus.uucp (Peter Schachte) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: More on disgusting Modula-2... Message-ID: <442@quintus.UUCP> Date: 20 Sep 88 00:11:43 GMT References: <3417@crash.cts.com> <2113@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk> <2645@sugar.uu.net> Sender: news@quintus.UUCP Reply-To: pds@quintus.UUCP (Peter Schachte) Organization: Quintus Computer Systems, Inc. Lines: 17 In article <2645@sugar.uu.net> peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: >I'd much rather be using Modula myself, if it had a few things added: > Static initialisation of large constants. > Variable argument lists. > A standard I/O library that included a decent selection of functions. > Ability to use standard object files and compilation techniques. Three more: Macros (real macros, like C++, not just a preprocessor) overloadable function names (like C++) More people using it (more PD code written in it, like C). C++ actually looks pretty good. It's hampered by backward compatibility with C, but it has a lot to recommend it. Sure would be nice if someone ported G++ to the Amiga.... -Peter Schachte pds@quintus.uucp ..!sun!quintus!pds