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The quote -from Wirth himself- was not about classroom environments, it was about software engineer(s|ing).
by Avshalom 15y ago
The quote -from Wirth himself- was not about classroom environments, it was about software engineer(s|ing).
- pmiller2 15y agoTrue. But, "high-level, type-safe language" need not refer to unextended Pascal, and I see no evidence that it was intended to. He could have meant Algol W. Depending on when it was written, he could have meant Modula 2, Modula 3, or Oberon.
- kabdib 15y agoSerious question: Why is it that we generally see only toy systems being done in these languages. I don't mean to offend. If I'm unaware of major pieces of software done in Modula-N or Oberon, then feel free to correct me. I only know of some teaching-level and research OS work, and some GUI work, but little in the way of commercial stuff.