Hi, Nhan.

NT> RC> As a token attempt at topicality - what language features
NT> RC> from
NT> RC> C and C++ am I likely to miss when I'm programming in
NT> RC> Modula-2?

NT>Freedom :-) Like me going back to my original country where
NT>I would be well looked after for the rest of my life :-)

Where was that? Can I go there too?

NT>I'm going to do Ada for a few months. Do you know what kind
NT>of mental preparation I have to make?

A Pascal mentality, syntax is very Pascal-ish. And a "feel" for the
special requirements of concurrency and synchronisation.

If you can find it, get hold of the "Rationale for the Design of the ADA
Programming Language" published by the ACM SIGPLAN (Special
Interest Group on Programming Languages) along with the "Preliminary ADA
Reference Manual" in the late 70s. It's a good discussion by the
designers of the language as to why they made various choices.

Regards, FIM.

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