My first PROVIDE/REQUIRE language was a version of Pascal in the mid-1980's (or maybe a bit earlier), but the "REQUIRE" was called "uses" and "PROVIDE" was implied by "export". On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 16:43, Robert Smith <quadricode@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey all. Computing history question.
What's the earliest instance of PROVIDE and REQUIRE functionalities provided in languages today?
Common Lisp uses *FEATURES* with PROVIDE and REQUIRE. Emacs Lisp the same. I am wondering if it comes any earlier, especially with Lisp implementations.
Thanks,
Robert
P.S., if you can make this math related, you get my good graces.
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