On Thu, 27 Dec 2018 17:15:39 -0500, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote:
>On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 02:06:22PM -0800, Andrew Gwozdziewycz wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 8:24 AM Brett Gilio <bre...@posteo.net> wrote: >> >> Python was meant to be a better version >> of that. The History of Python wiki page suggests it was meant as a >> "better verson of ABC with exceptions and better integration with the >> Amoeba Operating System."[1] The exceptions originally were inspired >> by Modula-3, apparently. > >Yeah. That was the other language I couldn't think of. One >of my favorites for a long time, and implementations still >available online. It's too bad Python didn't keep some of the other nice things in Modula 3. >An elegant language, except for its Pascal syntax. It could have stood a few tweaks, but Modula 3's syntax was good for its intended use: modular projects involving teams of differently skilled programmers. Modula 3 was developed largely as a less threatening alternative to Ada for system/application programming. Like Ada, Modula 3 could also be used on bare-metal, but it did not emphasize that use. YMMV, George -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
