Ask HN: What happened to Modula-2 style modules?

2 points by Bambo 3y ago ↗ HN

Hi, does anyone know why modules like the ones in modula-2 didn't get added to newer languages like c++? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modula-2

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johndoe0815 3y ago ↗

Golang's packages are inspired by Oberon (and, in turn, Modula-2). One of the core developers of Go, Robert Griesemer, was a PhD student of Hanspeter Mössenböck and Niklaus Wirth.