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From: pds@quintus.uucp (Peter Schachte)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: More on disgusting Modula-2...
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Date: 20 Sep 88 00:11:43 GMT
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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
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