RFD: comp.lang.oberon
Christian Schaepper
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This is a Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a newsgroup
for the discussion of issues regarding the Oberon language and system.
GROUP NAME
comp.lang.oberon
STATUS
unmoderated
CHARTER
comp.lang.oberon (unmoderated) will be a newsgroup for discussion
of all types of issues regarding the Oberon language and system.
RATIONALE
Due to historical reasons, topics related to Oberon are currently
being discussed in comp.lang.modula2. Not everyone may be aware of
this fact and thus miss the discussion related to Oberon. Further,
readers of comp.lang.modula2 might not like the "abuse" of their
newsgroup. The creation of comp.lang.oberon solves both problems.
BACKGROUND
Oberon is really three things:
- the name of a project started by Proff. N. Wirth and J. Gutknecht
(both at ETH Zurich) with the goal of developing a modern and
portable operating system for personal workstations
- a general-purpose programming language (the successor of Modula-2)
with type extension as its principal new feature
(The programming language Oberon-2, designed to make object
oriented programming easier, is a true extension of Oberon)
- an extensible operating system, complete with a novel user
interface and associated software tools
The Oberon system (including the Oberon compiler) is available as
freeware via anonymous ftp from neptune.inf.ethz.ch (129.132.101.33)
(directory 'Oberon') for the following machines:
IBM PC (386 or better), Macintosh II (Apple), SPARC (Sun),
DECstation/3100 and 3500, RS/6000 (IBM)
(You'll also find some docu (including language reports) there)
SCHEDULE
This RFD was issued on February 1 and will last for 30 days. If
this RFD is approved, a CFV will be issued on March 4, and
the voting period will end at 11:59 (MET), March 25.
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