Modula

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Modula

Summary

Modula is a programming language[1]. Modula draws 30 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #117 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • Modula was influenced by Q81571[3].
  • Modula's instance of is recorded as programming language[4].
  • Modula's instance of is recorded as procedural programming language[5].
  • Modula's instance of is recorded as imperative programming language[6].
  • Modula's developer is recorded as Niklaus Wirth[7].
  • +1975-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Modula[8].
  • Modula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/057fd[9].
  • Modula's programming paradigm is recorded as procedural programming[10].
  • Modula's programming paradigm is recorded as imperative programming[11].
  • Modula's programming paradigm is recorded as modular programming[12].
  • Modula's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778400560[13].
  • Modula's typing discipline is recorded as static typing[14].
  • Modula's typing discipline is recorded as strong typing[15].
  • Modula's typing discipline is recorded as safe typing[16].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[4], procedural programming language[5], and imperative programming language[6].

History and Context

+1975-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Modula[8].

Why It Matters

Modula draws 30 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #117 of 742).[2] Modula has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17]

Modula has been cited as an influence by Go[18], a programming language[19], founded in 2009[20]; Lua[21], a functional programming language[22], founded in 1993[23]; Modula-2[24], a programming language[25], founded in 1978[26]; and ParaSail[27], a programming language[28], founded in 2009[29].

FAQs

Who did Modula influence?

Modula has been cited as an influence by Go[18], Lua[21], Modula-2[24], and ParaSail[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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