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The Modula programming language is a descendant of the Pascal language. It was developed in Switzerland, at ETH Zurich, in the mid-1970s by Niklaus Wirth, the same person who designed Pascal. The main innovation of Modula over Pascal is a module system, used for grouping sets of related declarations into program units; hence the name Modula. The language is defined in a report by Wirth called Modula. A language for modular multiprogramming published 1976.

Key facts

Programming language.name
Modula
Programming language.paradigms
Imperative, structured, modular
Programming language.family
Wirth Modula
Programming language.designer
Niklaus Wirth
Programming language.developer
Niklaus Wirth
Programming language.typing
Static, strong, safe
Programming language.scope
Lexical
Programming language.discontinued
Yes
Programming language.platform
PDP-11, LSI-11
Programming language.influenced by
Pascal
Programming language.influenced
Alma-0, Go, Modula-2

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