A comparison of module constructs in programming languages

1 January 1991

journal article
Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM SIGPLAN Notices

Vol. 26 (1) , 38-46
https://doi.org/10.1145/122203.122206

Abstract

Modules are constructs that help implement the principle of information hiding. Some languages provide general purpose modules, while others provide modules that are more specialised. This paper compares the modules that are provided by some languages.

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