I think Ada (which was based on ALGOL, Pascal and Simula) stole much of Modula-2's and Oberon's thunder. Ada was more popular than C or C++ for a couple of year

I think Ada (which was based on ALGOL, Pascal and Simula) stole much of Modula-2's and Oberon's thunder. Ada was more popular than C or C++ for a couple of years in the mid to late 80's.