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Modula-2

Modula-2 is a structured, procedural programming language developed between 1977 and 1985/8 by Niklaus Wirth at ETH Zurich. It was created as the language for the operating system and application software of the Lilith personal workstation. It was later used for programming outside the context of the Lilith.

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Programming language.name: Modula-2
Programming language.paradigms: imperative, structured, modular, data and procedure hiding, concurrent
Programming language.family: Wirth: Modula
Programming language.designer: Niklaus Wirth
Programming language.typing: Static, strong, safe
Programming language.scope: Lexical (static)
Programming language.platform: Lilith (AMD 2901)
Programming language.operating system: Cross-platform
Programming language.file ext: .mod, .m2, .def, .MOD, .DEF, .mi, .md
Programming language.implementations: ETH compiler written by Niklaus WirthGNU Modula-2ADW Modula-2
Programming language.dialects: PIM2, PIM3, PIM4, ISO
Programming language.influenced by: Modula, Mesa, Pascal, ALGOL W, Euclid
Programming language.influenced: Modula-2+, Modula-3, Oberon, Ada, Fortran 90, Lua, Zonnon, Modula-GM

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Embedded system use
Cambridge Modula-2
Mod51
Modula-GM
Russian radionavigation satellites
Compilers
Turbo Modula-2
IBM Modula-2
Operating systems
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Wirth viewed Modula-2 as a successor to his earlier programming languages Pascal and Modula. The main concepts are: The module as a compiling unit for separate compiling The coroutine as the basic building block for concurrent processes Types and procedures that allow access to machine-specific data