[W/K] :: Modula-2

  Modula-2
       
           A high-level programming language designed by
          Niklaus Wirth at ETH in 1978.  It is a derivative of
          Pascal with well-defined interfaces between modules, and
          facilities for parallel computation.  Modula-2 was developed
          as the system language for the Lilith workstation.
       
          The central concept is the module which may be used to
          encapsulate a set of related subprograms and data structures,
          and restrict their visibility from other portions of the
          program.  Each module has a definition part giving the
          interface, and an implementation part.
       
          The language provides limited single-processor concurrency
          ({monitors, coroutines and explicit transfer of control)
          and hardware access ({absolute addresses and interrupts).
          It uses name equivalence.
       
          DEC FTP archive
          (ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/.1/DEC/Modula-2/m2.tar.Z).
       
          ["Programming in Modula-2", N. Wirth, Springer 1985].
       
          (1995-10-25)
       
       

  Modula-2*
       
          An extension of Modula-2 by M. Philippsen
           of the University of Karlsruhe.  It
          uses a superset of data parallelism, allowing both
          synchronous and asynchronous programs, both SIMD and MIMD.
          Parallelism may be nested to any depth.  There are version for
          MasPar and a simulator for the SPARC.
       
          ftp://iraun1.ira.uka.de/pub/programming/modula2star).html">(ftp://iraun1.ira.uka.de/pub/programming/modula2star).
          E-mail: Ernst Heinz .
       
          ["Modula-2*: An Extension of Modula-2 for Highly Parallel,
          Portable Programs", W. Tichy et al, TR 4/90, U Karlsruhe, Jan
          1990].
       
          (1994-10-21)
       
       

  Modula-2+
       
          Modula-2 plus exceptions and threads developed by
          P. Rovner et al of DEC SRC, Palo Alto CA in 1984.
       
          ["Modula-2+ User's Manual", M-C van Leunen].
       
          ["Extending Modula-2 to Build Large, Integrated Systems",
          P. Rovner, IEEE Software 3(6):46-57 (Nov 1986)].
       
          (1994-10-21)