a1157@mindlink.UUCP (Reece Markowsky) (09/17/90)
Modula II is a lot like pascal in its constructs. It does, however, have stronger typing. In pascal you have used UNITS (correct?) well in modula II, the INTERFACE is put in what is called a DEFINITION MODULE, and the IMPLEMENTATION is placed correspondingly in a IMPLEMENTATION MODULE. I like this and think it better exemplifies the idea of "information hiding".... ie... can you really say that pascal supports information hiding when you can scroll down 10 lines to see its implementation!!! A good book? well how about a pair of them... for the technical stuff pick up "Introduction to Programming using Modula-2" by Richard J. Sutcliffe Merrill Publishing Company ISBN 0-675-20754-1 to accompany this is another great book actually used as a text book in computing 201 in Simon Fraser University "A Second Course In Computer Science With Modula-2" By William I. Salmon and Daniel D. McCracken John Wiley & Sons Pub. Co. isbn 0-471-63111-6 hope this helps you. Reece Markowsky Computing Science Simon Fraser University.
JMODONNE@OWUCOMCN.BITNET (Ex Nemo Non Fesces) (09/17/90)
Hello, I am a new subscriber and I have a few questions. I do not presently know the Modula2 language, however I am told that it is similar to Pascal and was also written by Wirth. Being a typical programmer I tend to avoid reading DOC's manuals. I would like to have any suggestions however on a good reference book for M2. So if there is anyone interested in helping a M2 illiteratewould you please send me some suggestions? Thank you, in advance. Jason Matthew O'Donnell Computer Science and Philosophy Ohio Wesleyan University
albert (Pat Speer) (09/18/90)
> DOC's manuals. I would like to have any suggestions however on a good > reference book for M2. So if there is anyone interested in helping a > M2 illiteratewould you please send me some suggestions? You might take a look at the following: Modula-2 Made Easy - Schildt - McGraw-Hill Modula-2 A Seafarers Manual and Shipyard Guide - Joyce - Addison Wesley They are both quite good. M2 Made Easy is written more for the beginning programmer while A Seafarers Manual is a little more in depth. You may also want to take a look at Wirth's book. Hope this helps.
spencer@UUNET.UU.NET (Spencer Fine) (09/19/90)
I work for a NY bank, and we've been using Modula2 as a production
quality language for 8 years. It's hard to beat among procedural
programming languages. The books we use for teaching new employees
are:
(1) Programming in Modula-2
Niklaus Wirth, Springer-Verlag
(2) Modula-2 for Pascal Programmers
Richard Gleaves, Springer-Verlag
(3) Modula-2: A Software Development Approach
Gary A. Ford + Richard S. Wiener, John Wiley & Sons
(1) is very terse (surprise, surprise), but quite well written.
(2) is not very well written, but contains some crutches for
Pascal converts.
(3) is the book we use most often. It is much longer than the
other two, but offers clearer motivation and exposition of topics.
Let me know if I can help you further.
--
Spencer A. Fine domain: spencer@bony1.bony.com
Bank of New York uucp : spencer@bony1.UUCP
NYC, NY (212) 815-3621 bang : uunet!bony1!spencerchris@sarah.lerc.nasa.gov (Chris Johnston) (09/19/90)
"Modula-2: A Complete Guide" K. N. King D. C. Heath and Company College Division 125 Spring Street Lexington, Mass. 02173 1988 656 pages ~$21.00 BUY IT! Chris
defaria@hpclapd.HP.COM (Andy DeFaria) (09/19/90)
>/ hpclapd:comp.lang.modula2 / a1157@mindlink.UUCP (Reece Markowsky) / 5:45 pm Sep 16, 1990 / >Modula II is a lot like pascal in its constructs. It does, however, have >stronger typing. In pascal you have used UNITS (correct?) well in modula II, >the INTERFACE is put in what is called a DEFINITION MODULE, and the >IMPLEMENTATION is placed correspondingly in a IMPLEMENTATION MODULE. I like >this and think it better exemplifies the idea of >"information hiding".... ie... can you really say that pascal supports >information hiding when you can scroll down 10 lines to see its >implementation!!! I agree that I like Modula 2's implementation of seperate compilation better than Pascal's. Obviously this was added on to Pascal. What I've seen done to hide the IMPLEMENTATION is to contain it in include files and then not distribute the include files so you have something like: Unit FOO; Interface Const Exported_Constant = 'BAR'; Procedure FOO_BAR (Input_Parm : Integer; Output_Parm : Real); Implementation {$I INCLUDE\FOO.PAS} End.
uskmg@mathcs.emory.edu (Ken Guyton {EUCC}) (09/20/90)
In article <HH1oP1w163w@bluemoon.UUCP> albert (Pat Speer) writes: >> DOC's manuals. I would like to have any suggestions however on a good >> reference book for M2. So if there is anyone interested in helping a >> M2 illiteratewould you please send me some suggestions? I use... MODULA-2 by Beidler and Jackowitz, PWS, 1986. ISBN 0-87150-912-1 347 pages. Good index, syntax diagrams, reasonable programming examples, very pleasant typesetting. -- Ken Guyton | uskmg@unix.cc.emory.edu PREFERRED Emory University | ...gatech!emoryu1!uskmg UUCP Academic Computing | uskmg@emoryu1 OR uskmg@emuvm1 NON-DOMAIN BITNET Atlanta, GA 30322 | Phone: (404) 727-7651
pbye@UB.D.UMN.EDU (peter bye) (09/24/90)
In article <INFO-M2%90091711095359@UCF1VM.BITNET> you write: >Hello, > >I am a new subscriber and I have a few questions. I do not presently know >the Modula2 language, however I am told that it is similar to Pascal and was >also written by Wirth. Being a typical programmer I tend to avoid reading >DOC's manuals. I would like to have any suggestions however on a good >reference book for M2. So if there is anyone interested in helping a >M2 illiteratewould you please send me some suggestions? > >Thank you, in advance. > >Jason Matthew O'Donnell >Computer Science and Philosophy >Ohio Wesleyan University I personally use Logitechs Modula-2 system, along with a few ad-ons from a company called PMI (really good stuff). I would recommend looking for a book at your usual book store, pick up any Mod-2 book and see what compiler it uses (supports). Some are very generic and would be difficult to use if it does not match the syntax of the text you are using. I think a book called "The Sea Farers Guide to Modula-2 is a book good for beginners and acts as a nice crowbar if you are moving from pascal. Any specific questions just send to; Peter Bye E-Mail: pbye@ub.d.umn.edu pbye2madonna.d.umn.edu