Oberon – The Overlooked Jewel(ics.uci.edu)
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Oberon – The Overlooked Jewel
http://www.ics.uci.edu/~franz/Site/pubs-pdf/BC03.pdf
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Fwiw, ETH Zurich (where Oberon was developed) ships emulated versions of the Project Oberon operating system that can run under various modern platforms: http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/
Wirth and his collaborator Jürg Gutknecht also wrote a book about the project: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201544288/ref=as_li_ss_tl?...
Wirth and his collaborator Jürg Gutknecht also wrote a book about the project: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0201544288/ref=as_li_ss_tl?...
It's great to see a researcher with such passion and love for his subject. I never knew about Oberon -- my only exposure to this side of the universe was programming Pascal in high school. This was a great read.
Great article. I have always been impressed by Oberon.
Anyone know how to get in contact with Michael Franz ?
Anyone know how to get in contact with Michael Franz ?
not one line of code in the pdf ...
Completely off-topic, but if you ever get the chance to indulge in Bell's Oberon, please do. Just the smell of this beer takes me back to spring/summertime in Ann Arbor.
Simplicity is so underrated in this industry. I once went on an interview, where the developers at the company, insisted that I had to know every obscure detail of a languadge to be a master. To which I replied that clever code does not make it elegant code and by opting for fringe programming practices, over simpler more elegant solutions, that they where, in fact, unnecessarily complication their development process. The lesson seemed to go over their head and needless to say they where not interested in my advice. It's funny, in my experience, I have seen the developers that consistently deliver, usually parallel the developers that provide the simplest, most elegant solutions. Gold plating is such a problem in our industry, it is nice to see someone adhere to the doctrine of simplicity. It is an art unto itself.