In article <mailman.4112.1240072722.11746.python-l...@python.org>, Tim Rowe <digi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >Really? I thought it was because of the lack of support for packaging, >which was solved in different ways by Object Pascal/Delphi and by >Modula 2, the latter of which in turn became Ada, which is still doing >pretty well in mission-critical contexts.
<blink> I had never previously heard that Modula-2 significantly influenced Ada, and the Wikipedia entry says nothing about it. Do you have a cite? -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." --Red Adair -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
