Xref: utzoo comp.lang.misc:3801 comp.lang.perl:92 comp.lang.modula2:1961 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!mhres!jv From: jv@mh.nl (Johan Vromans) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.perl,comp.lang.modula2 Subject: Re: The Fundamental Concept of Programming language X Message-ID: Date: 2 Jan 90 20:12:57 GMT References: <1470@mdbs.UUCP> Sender: jv@mhres.mh.nl Followup-To: comp.lang.misc Organization: Multihouse Gouda, the Netherlands Lines: 28 In-reply-to: wsmith@mdbs.UUCP's message of 29 Dec 89 19:40:36 GMT Add: PERL Dynamic datatypes and allocation. Pattern matching with regexps. Data formatting. Access to system calls. Weird syntax. Lisp-like scope rules. No distinction between program and data ("EVAL" and "DO" functions). PERL = Practical Extraction and Report Language. Modula-2 Separate module definition and implementation. Heavily block-structured. Very strong typing. Combines the benefits of Pascal with the very few good features of C. Please resume once in a while, this will be an interesting topic. Johan -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" ------------------------- -- Johan Vromans jv@mh.nl via internet backbones Multihouse Automatisering bv uucp: ..!{uunet,hp4nl}!mh.nl!jv Doesburgweg 7, 2803 PL Gouda, The Netherlands phone/fax: +31 1820 62944/62500 ------------------------ "Arms are made for hugging" -------------------------