This brings back fond memory of using Modula-2 on the Amiga. The local Modula implementation even produced faster and smaller code than the default C compiler.

This brings back fond memory of using Modula-2 on the Amiga. The local Modula implementation even produced faster and smaller code than the default C compiler. While Turbo Pascal basically retrofitted all important parts from Modula onto Pascal, it would have been nice to have a Turbo Modula-2 on the PC too. Actually I would like to have a modern version of that around still. One of the aspects why I like Go is, that it included many of the good parts of Modula-2, giving them a more modern look by using the C-style syntax.