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From: mazlack@ERNIE.BERKELEY.EDU (Lawrence J. Mazlack)
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Subject: Re:  modula2 on the dec 11/70 and att 3b2, 3b5
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Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 12:22:43 EST
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I can't help you with the compiler.

But, I do think that M2 is a good first language.
(1) It has a relatively limited syntex and thus is easy to learn.
(2) It is highly structured, and thus helps with teaching structured programming
(3) Almost all the pro-Pascal arguments work for M2
(4) M2 has the advantage over Pascal in that it can have separately
    compiled and stored modules (=procedures = functions)

The disadvantages are:
(1) Limited I/O capability (a little better than Pascal, not as good as PL/1)
(2) Poor string handling capability (about the same as Pascal)

...Larry Mazlack
   mazlack@ernie.edu