On: Why I Like Go

[stesch]

It doesn't matter if somebody knows Turbo Pascal 4.0 or Modula 2 if you can't use it.

We are repeating history because the old ways were forgotten or replaced.

[ufo → stesch]

What he was trying to say is that you shouldn't "design for fast compilation". You should design the language to allow modularity and fast compilation will naturally follow.

[pjmlp → stesch]

> It doesn't matter if somebody knows Turbo Pascal 4.0 or Modula 2 if you can't use it.

Some Modula-2 compilers:

http://www.modula2.org/adwm2/

http://plas.fit.qut.edu.au/gpm/

http://www.modulaware.com/

http://www.excelsior-usa.com/xdsx86.html

Modern Turbo Pascal compatible compilers:

http://www.freepascal.org/

http://www.mikroe.com/mikropascal/avr/

http://turbopascal.org/

http://www.embarcadero.com/products/delphi

It is just a matter to look for them.