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I consider Go as a Modula-2 successor. It shares most traits I liked a lot with Modula-2. I prefer the C-style syntax to the more long-winded one though. The f
by _ph_ 8y ago
I consider Go as a Modula-2 successor. It shares most traits I liked a lot with Modula-2. I prefer the C-style syntax to the more long-winded one though.
The familiarity is no surprise though, considering that Robert Griesemer is a student of Wirth.
- tralarpa 8y agoOberon (which is a successor of Modula-2)
- _ph_ 8y agoWhile I used Modula-2 a lot in a long distant past, I unfortunately never got into Oberon, so I didn't consider it in my comment. Though if Go is a successor to Oberon and Oberon is a successor to Modula-2, Go is also a successor to Modula-2 :).
- pjmlp 8y agoGo's method definitions are copied from Oberon-2 syntax.