Modula-2 is a simple yet powerful programming language that is
suitable for a wide variety of applications. It is based on Pascal,
a successful programming language that was introduced in 1970 by
Niklaus Wirth. During the 1970's Pascal became the most widely
taught programming language and it gained acceptance in science and
industry. In 1980 Dr. Wirth released the Modula-2 program ming
language. Modula-2 is an evolution of Pascal. It improves on the
successes of Pascal while adding the MODULE - a tool for ex
pressing the relations between the major parts of programs. In ad
dition Modula-2 contains low-level features for systems program
ming and coroutines for concurrent programming. Programming
languages are important because they are used to express ideas.
Some programming languages are so limited that certain ideas can't
be easily expressed. For example languages that lac k floating
point arithmetic are inappropriate for scientific com putations.
Languages such as Basic and Fortran that lack recur sion are
unsuitable for text processing or systems programming. Sometimes a
programming language is useable for a certain appli cation but it
is far from ideal. A good example is the difficulty of writing
large programs in pure Pascal. Pascal is a poor language for large
jobs because it lacks facilities for partitioning a program viii
Preface 6< ; ~~~~er 0\ Sheet Metal Tube /" 0 (to Affix Eraser to
Shaft) ~ Hollow Wooden Shaft A Lead Core Figure 1. An exploded
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General
| Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Monographs in Computer Science |
| Release date: |
December 2012 |
| First published: |
1986 |
| Authors: |
Kaare Christian
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| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
436 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1986 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4612-9349-1 |
| Categories: |
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| LSN: |
1-4612-9349-9 |
| Barcode: |
9781461293491 |
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