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Modula-3

Summary

Modula-3 is a programming language[1]. Modula-3 draws 258 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #90 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • Modula-3 was influenced by Modula-2[3].
  • Modula-3's instance of is recorded as programming language[4].
  • Modula-3's instance of is recorded as object-based language[5].
  • Modula-3's instance of is recorded as imperative programming language[6].
  • Modula-3's developer is recorded as Digital Equipment Corporation[7].
  • January 1, 1989 marks the founding of Modula-3[8].
  • Modula-3's official website is recorded as http://www.modula3.org[9].
  • Modula-3's readable file format is recorded as Modula-3 linker information file format[10].
  • Modula-3's readable file format is recorded as Modula-3 base program file format[11].
  • Modula-3's readable file format is recorded as Modula-3 M2SDS data file format[12].
  • Modula-3's writable file format is recorded as Modula-3 linker information file format[13].
  • Modula-3's writable file format is recorded as Modula-3 base program file format[14].
  • Modula-3's writable file format is recorded as Modula-3 M2SDS data file format[15].
  • Modula-3's programming paradigm is recorded as imperative programming[16].
  • Modula-3's programming paradigm is recorded as object-oriented programming[17].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[4], object-based language[5], and imperative programming language[6].

History and Context

January 1, 1989 marks the founding of Modula-3[8].

Why It Matters

Modula-3 draws 258 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #90 of 742).[2] Modula-3 has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Modula-3 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Modula-3 has been cited as an influence by Python[20], an object-based language[21], founded in 1991[22]; Java[23], a JVM language[24], founded in 1995[25]; and Nim[26], a programming language[27], founded in 2008[28].

FAQs

Who did Modula-3 influence?

Modula-3 has been cited as an influence by Python[20], Java[23], and Nim[26].

Related Entities

CVSup Digital Equipment Corporation imperative programming language Java Modula-2 Nim object-based language programming language Python

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  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [28] ↑ . 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. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress authority id → —
    Writable file format → Modula-3 linker information file format, Modula-3 base program file format, Modula-3 M2SDS data file format
    Quora topic id → Modula-3
    Programming paradigm → imperative programming, object-oriented programming
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