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{{Infobox programming language<br />
| name = Modula<br />
| paradigms = [[Imperative programming|Imperative]], [[Structured programming|structured]], [[Modular programming|modular]]<br />
| family = [[Niklaus Wirth|Wirth]] Modula<br />
| designer = [[Niklaus Wirth]]<br />
| developer = Niklaus Wirth<br />
| released = {{Start date and age|1975}}<br />
| typing = [[Static typing|Static]], [[Strong and weak typing|strong]], [[Type system#Type safety and memory safety|safe]]<br />
| scope = [[Scope (computer science)|Lexical]]<br />
| discontinued = Yes<br />
| platform = [[PDP-11]], [[LSI-11]]<br />
| operating system = <!-- PDP-11s ran some 3 dozen OSes. --><br />
| website = <!-- A commemorative site may be made. --><br />
| dialects = <!-- None: discontinued. --><br />
| influenced by = [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]]<br />
| influenced = [[Alma-0]], [[Go (programming language)|Go]], [[Modula-2]]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Modula''' [[programming language]] is a descendant of the [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] language. It was developed in [[Switzerland]], at [[ETH Zurich]], in the mid-1970s by [[Niklaus Wirth]], the same person who designed Pascal. The main innovation of Modula over Pascal is a [[Modular programming|module system]], used for grouping sets of related declarations into program units; hence the name ''Modula''. The language is defined in a report by Wirth called ''Modula. A language for modular multiprogramming'' published 1976.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Wirth |first=Niklaus |date=1 January 1976 |title=Modula: a language for modular multiprogramming |url=https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/handle/20.500.11850/68669 |website=[[ETH Library]] |publisher=[[ETH Zurich]] |doi=10.3929/ethz-a-000199440}}</ref><br />
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Modula was first implemented by Wirth on a [[PDP-11]]. Very soon, other implementations followed, most importantly, the [[compiler]]s developed for [[University of York]] Modula, and one at [[Philips]] Laboratories named PL Modula, which generated code for the [[LSI-11]] [[microprocessor]].<br />
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The development of Modula was discontinued soon after its publication. Wirth then concentrated his efforts on Modula's successor, [[Modula-2]].<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Modula-2]]<br />
* [[Modula-2+]]<br />
* [[Modula-3]]<br />
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