Goto 10: Retro Computing & Gaming

Goto 10: Retro Computing & Gaming

What ever happened to Modula-2?

It was supposed to be the successor to Pascal

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Paul Lefebvre
May 17, 2024
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In the early days of personal computers, everything was limited. There was little RAM, little (if any storage) and slow 8-bit CPUs. Those computers were primarily programmed in two languages: BASIC and Assembly Language.

When the next generation of 16-bit computers came out, they were much faster, had way more RAM and always came with a reasonably speedy…

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