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From: grg@otter.hpl.hp.com (Gerd Groos)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Modula 2 and Windows
Message-ID: <10960010@otter.hpl.hp.com>
Date: 13 Oct 89 08:46:42 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, UK.
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>The move to Modula 2 for the Pascal programmer is a logical stride forward.
>However, what would it take for the C programmers out there to change to
>another language for Windows programming?     

How about changing from C to C++ for windows programming? C++ offers all
of C (runtime efficiency and code size) plus strong type checking,
data encapsulation, data abstraction, runtime binding, function overloading.
Modula *3*, people say, offers similar object oriented features. 

I think there is no doubt that object oriented programming languages are
ideal for progamming in window based environments. CommonView is a good
example of an object oriented programming interface to windows.

Why settle for less?

               Gerd.