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From: oconnor@sunset.steinmetz (Dennis M. O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: From Modula to Oberon
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Date: 4 Mar 88 22:28:41 GMT
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Keywords: Ada, Modula, Oberon

It's difficult to see the logic in using Modula2 if
a reliable Ada(R) compiler is available. This is
precisely my situation : I use Modula2 as a "poor
man's Ada", on my Amiga. Not that it isn't okay,
but Ada leaves Modula2 far behind.

Oberon seems to be a "poor man's Modula2", which
I guess makes it a "welfare Ada" :-) I see no
use for Oberon. With the ever-increasing availablity
of "standard" C, Ada, Common Lisp, and yes Modula2,
it has no unique problem domain in which it excels
by enough of a margin to make it worth the hassle
that is ALWAYS involved in using a new language.

Sad what can happen when famous intellectuals try
to recapture their glory days, isn't it :-)
--
    Dennis O'Connor			      oconnor%sungod@steinmetz.UUCP
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