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Quote: Modula-3 uses structural equivalence for data types even though Modula-2 used name equivalence

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structural equivalence vs. name equivalence of data types

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Modula-3 uses structural equivalence, instead of the name … that is, when all constant expressions are replaced … recursive types, the expansion is the infinite limit …   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: two types are structurally equivalent if their definitions are the same when expanded; i.e., constant expressions replaced by their values, type names replaced by their definitions; infinite if recursive
Quote: with structural equivalence, allow a type expression wherever a type is required

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